Robinson v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Appeal by the Importer from a Decision of the Board, of United States General Appraisers (G. A. 4,437) which Affirmed a Decision of the Collector of Customs at the Port of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEEEER, District Judge.
The subject of these protests are all-silk mourning crapes, of 4/4 and 6/4 widths, dyed in the piece, and weighing more than one-third and less than one and one-third ounces *971per square yard. The narrow goods have been assessed as “woven fabrics in the piece not specially provided for,” at $3.25 per pound, under paragraph 387 of the tariff act of July 24, 1897 (30 Stat. 186, c. 11 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1669]), and the wide as “veilings,” at 60 per cent, ad valorem, under paragraph 390 (30 Stat. 187 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1670]); where the narrow are claimed to be…
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