Hawley v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States Customs Court overruling a large number of protests by appellants against the collector’s classification and assessment for duty, under the Tariff Act of 1922, of various importations of rags.

Most of the importations seem to have been from Japan. Others were from Europe. The entries were at the ports of Galveston, Tex., and Philadelphia, Pa., respectively. In some instances classification by the collector was as “waste not specially provided for” under paragraph 1457 of said tariff act, duty being assessed at 10 per centum ad valorem. The…