C. H. Powell Co. v. United States

Donlon, Judge:

Two protests are here consolidated for purposes of trial. The merchandise of protest 67/36009 consists of a machine known as a Pedersen Rapid Beam Cutting Press, imported from Denmark on November 1,1963. The merchandise of protest 67/36016 consists of parts for a Pedersen press, imported from Denmark on March 2, 1964. Both importations were made for Allied Shoe Machinery Corporation, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, the ultimate consignee.

The claim here litigated is that the imported press and parts are shoe machinery and parts thereof, and that as such they are entitled to free…