United States v. Castle, Gottheil & Overton

The merchandise, the durability of which is the question in this case, is 125 bales of bleached chemical wood pulp.

The collector at the port of New York assessed duty upon this pulp presumably under the provisions of paragraph 406 of the tariff act of 1909. The importers protested, claiming free entry under the provisions of section 2 of the act of July 26, 1911, entitled “An act to promote reciprocal trade relations with the Dominion of Canada, and for other purposes,” and the provisions of what are commonly called “ the most favored nation clause” in treaties subsisting between Prussia and…