Samuel Shapiro & Co. v. United States

MollisoN, Judge:

This protest is directed against the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at the port of Baltimore on an im*42portation of natural cork in sheets at the rate of 45 per centum ad valorem under the provision in paragraph 1511 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. 1940 ed. §1001, par. 1511) for—

* * * manufactures wholly or in chief value of cork bark or cork, not specially provided for * * *

There are five claims made in the protest, but only three are pressed in the brief filed on behalf of the plaintiff. The claim chiefly relied upon is for free entry of the merchandise…