Daprato Statuary Co. v. United States

A marble, mosaic, inlaid floor, in 16 colors, imported at New York in a knocked-down condition and subsequently installed in St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Dayton, Ohio, was classified by the collector of customs as a manufacture of marble and assessed for duty at 50 per centum ad valorem under that part of paragraph 233 of the Tariff Act of 1922 which reads as follows:

233. Marble, breccia, onyx, alabaster, and jet, wholly or partly manufactured into monuments, benches, vases, and other articles, and articles of which these substances or any of them is the component material of chief value * *…