Chicago Wool Co. v. United States

Six bales of New Zealand wool, imported at the port of Philadelphia, Pa., were classified by the collector as wool in the scoured state, and assessed for duty at 31 cents per pound under that part of paragraph 1102 of the Tariff Act of 1922, which reads as follows:

Par. 1102. Wools, not specially provided for, * * * imported in the grease or washed, 31 cents per pound of clean content; imported in the scoured state, 31 cents per pound; imported on the skin, 30 cents per pound of clean content. (Italic ours.)

The importer protested that the duty should have been assessed on the number of pounds…