United States v. White

The opinion of the Board of General Appraisers in the decision below appropriately characterized the merchandise the subject of this appeal as “chain-bordered” crash.

It was rated for duty by the collector as “a manufacture of flax,” and claimed by the importer, appellee here, to be properly classifiable as a “plain woven fabric,” under paragraph’357 of the tariff act of 1909. The quoted phrases, express .the applicable- portions of both paragraphs. The controversy concerns alone the single issue of *383whether or not the imported fabric is “plain woven” within the paragraph invoked by appellant.

It…