Geo. S. Bush & Co. v. United States

This is an appeal from the judgment of the United States Customs Court (Second Division) holding certain merchandise, consisting of so-called “natural silk gut” or “tegusu,” containing no silk, imported into the United States from Japan in individual pieces or in bundles containing 10 or 100 pieces, the pieces being from 5 to 7 feet in length, dutiable as leaders or casts, unfinished, at 55 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1535 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as assessed' by the collector at the port of Seattle, Wash., rather than as a nouenumerated manufactured article at 20 per centum ad…