Zante Currants
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
An application and petition were filed by the collector of customs for the port of San Francisco for a review, under section 15 of the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, of the decision of the board of United States general appraisers in relation to the classification and duty on certain currants imported by S. L. Jones & Co. The board of general appraisers held that the currants imported were not Zante currants, and therefore did not come within the provision of…
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An application and petition were filed by the collector of customs for the port of San Francisco for a review, under section 15 of the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, of the decision of the board of United States general appraisers in relation to the classification and duty on certain currants imported by S. L. Jones & Co. The board of general appraisers held that the currants imported were not Zante currants, and therefore did not come within the provision of paragraph 217 of tariff act of August 28, 1894, commonly known as the “Wilson Bill,” but did come within the provisions…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
This is an application and petition by John H. Wise, collector of customs of the port of San Francisco, for a review of the questions of law and fact involved in the decision of the board of United States general appraisers at the port of New York in the matter of the classification of an importation of 500 barrels of currants at the port of San Francisco under the act of congress entitled “An act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the government, and for other purposes,” approved August 28, 1894, and commonly known as the “Wilson Bill.” The currants were…
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