C. M. Gourdon, Inc. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

This suit was filed by the plaintiff seeking to recover a certain sum of money alleged to have been illegally exacted as customs duties upon an importation of silk cloth. The collector classified the merchandise as follows:

Woven fabrics in the piece, wholly or in chief value of silk, n. s. p. f., or as woven fabrics in the piece, with fibers wholly of silk, whether or not exceeding 30 inches in width, whether woven with fast or split edges, and whether or not Jacquard-figured, valued at more than $5.50 per pound, unbleached, etc.

In accordance with the above classification, the…