United States v. American Ferment Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Appeal by the United States from a decision of the board of United States general appraisers, which sustained the protest of the importers as to the merchandise in question.
1Opinion of the Court
0,0X13, District Judge
(orally). The article in controversy is a powder from the juice of the papaw melon. It was classified by the collector under section (5 of the act of 1897, as a manufactured article, not otherwise provided for. The importer protested insisting That it should have been admitted free of duty as a crude drug not edible “and not advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process,” as provided in paragraph 548 of the same act. lie also protested in the alternative that if not permitted to enter free it should be classified under paragraph 20 of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. GodwinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1899
3Cited by2 opinions
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