F. W. Myers & Co. v. United States
United States Customs Court
1Opinion of the Court
Landis, Judge:
Plaintiff protests the duties assessed on stainless steel wire screen trucked from Canada and entered at Champlain, N.Y., in sizes 10 mesh and 50 mesh, 108 by 164 inches; 10 mesh, 108 by 126 inches, and 50 mesh, 109 by 167 inches. Mesh denotes the sizes of the screen openings measured by the number of wires per lineal inch in the warp. Warp, for purposes here, is the wire which runs the length of the screen. The 108 and 109 recited above are warp measurements. Weft (also called the shute or face) is the wire that runs across the warp. It measures the width of the screen. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Lorsch & Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1917
- Kahlen v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1911
- Paper Mill Equipment, Ltd. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1941
- Close & Stewart v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1948
- Geo. M. Graves Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1941