Fisk v. Arthur
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbqb to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is a suit to recover back duties paid under protest. The goods imported were manufactured shirtings, not made up, composed of linen and cotton ; the cotton being the material of chief value and largely predominating. There were more than two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling.
The act of March 2,1861, c. 68, sect. 22 (12 Stat. 192), provided for a duty of thirty per cent ad valorem on. “ manufactures not otherwise provided for, composed of mixed materials, in part of cotton, silk, wool or worsted, or flax.” The same act, sect. 14, provided for specific…
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