Clover Linen Corp. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The suit listed above presents for our deterjuN nation the question of tbe proper classification of certain imported pot holders. The collector classified the merchandise as “Cotton *2knit articles, in part edging,” and levied duty tbercon at tbe rate of 90 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1529 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930. Plaintiff claims said merchandise to be properly dutiable at only 45 percent ad valorem under paragraph 917 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as articles of all kinds, knit or crocheted, wholly or in chief value of cotton, or at the rate of 40 percent ad valorem…