F. B. Vandegrift & Co. v. United States

YOUNG, District Judge.

This case comes before us upon an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, affirming the decision of the Board of General Appraisers on the classification of merchandise invoiced as “ramie sliver,” classified for duly by the Board of General Appraisers under paragraph 302, Schedule 1, § 1, and section 7, of the tariff act of 1897 (Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, 30 Stat. 175, 205 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1655, 1693]), by similitude to cotton sliver, against the protest of the importers. The merchandise was originally assessed…