Plummer v. United States

COXE, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, at various times between September, 1899, and February, 1906, imported into this country, at the port of New York, braids composed of different mdterials, all of which were assessed for duty at 60 per cent, ad valorem, under paragraphs 339 and 390 of the act of 1897 (Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedules J, E, 30 Stat. 181, 18'7 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1662, 1670]). The importers insisted, by their protests, that their merchandise should 'have been classified under paragraphs 409 and 449 (Schedule N, 30 Stat.. 189, 193 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1673,…