United States v. Pinney, Casse & Lackey Co.

SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New York, which reversed the decision of the board of United States general appraisers, which had sustained the action of the collector. 99 Fed. 720. The goods in controversy are known as “Scotch Hollands,” or “John King & Son’s Hollands,” which are made and used for window shades in houses, and are manufactured or prepared from cotton cloth which had been woven in the ordinary way. Prior to the tariff act of 1897, this class of goods had been classified for tariff…