Goat & Sheepskin Import Co. v. United States

This appeal brings up for determination tbe dutiable classification of lambskins under tbe tariff act of 1909. Tbe importation was of Russian lambskins. Free entry was accorded those upon which there was no wool. On the wool contained upon the others there was levied by the collector of customs at the port of New York duty at the rate of 3 cents per pound under the provisions of paragraphs 370 and 371 of said act. The importers, who are the appellants here, claim that the lambskins, inclusive of the wool, are entitled to free entry. Other contentions are made by the appellants, but in our…