Morimura Bros. v. United States

The goods involved in this case are screens, the panels of which are of cotton in a framework of-wood. The panels of some of the screens are ornamented with designs embroidered on the cloth and the panels of -others with embroidered figures or designs which are appliquéed to the cloth. The collector of customs at the port of New York classified the screens as silk-embroidered articles and assessed them for duty at 60 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 390 of the tariff act of 1897, the parts of which material to the case are as follows:

390. Laces, * # * embroideries and…