Brin Bros. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The suits listed in schedule “A,” hereto attached and made a part hereof, were filed by the plaintiff seeking to recover certain sums of money alleged to have been illegally exacted as customs duties upon importations of rags at the port of Los Angeles, Calif. The involved merchandise was classified by the collector as cotton wiping rags under paragraph 922 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and duty was levied thereon at the rate of 3 cents per pound.

Plaintiff makes several claims in its protests, but the claim relied upon is that the merchandise is free of duty under paragraph 1750 of…