United States v. Spielmann

The appellees imported at the port of New York certain gloves which were confessedly •dutiable under paragraph 443 of the tariff act of 1897. They were also assessed the cumulative duty provided in paragraph 445, which reads as follows:

* * * On all gloves stitched or embroidered, with more than, three single strands or cords, forty cents per dozen pairs.

This duty was assessed upon the theory that the gloves were stitched or embroidered with more than three single strands or cords. The appellees seasonably protested against the imposition of the cumulative duty. •

It appears that but one…