States v. States

The appellant imported at the port of New York, under the Tariff Act of 1922, certain merchandise, described by the appraiser in his answer to the protest as “vases, boxes, and other articles composed in chief value of blown and decorated glass.” The particular articles involved in this importation are two glass vases, the product of one Henri Navarre. These were classified by the collector as decorated or ornamented glassware, under paragraph 218 of the Tariff Act of 1922. The importer protested, claiming them to be dutiable at 20 per centum under paragraph 1449, with other alternative…