Wilcon v. United States

CliNE, Judge:

This is a suit against the United States in which the plaintiff claims that the collector at the port of Boston erred in assessing duty on merchandise invoiced as “table potatoes” at 60 cents per 100 pounds under paragraph 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the trade agreement with Canada, published in T. D. 49752. It is claimed that duty should have been assessed at 37% cents per 100 pounds under said trade agreement. The provisions in the trade agreement involved read as follows:

Pab. 771. White or Irish potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes, as defined in the…