Brummer Gallery, Inc. v. United States

Cline, Judge:

This is a suit against the United States, arising at the port of New York, in which the plaintiff claims that the collector of customs assessed duty erroneously on an article composed of marble at the rate of 50 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 232 (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 and at 25 per centum ad valorem under section 489 of said act. It is claimed in the protest that the merchandise is free of duty as artistic antiquities under paragraph 1811 and that the 25 per centum assessment under section 489 was improperly imposed.

Other claims are made in the protest, but, as…