Arthur v. Unkart
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to, the Circuit Court.'of the .United States for the Southern District of New York. In May, 1873, Unkart & Co. imported into New'York cer- . tain merchandise, upon which the plaintiff in error, the collector of the port,: assessed and collécted- a duty of sixty, per cent, •under the eighth section of the act'of June.30, 1864 (13 Stat. ■210), which imposed a duty of sixty per cent on various articles of clothing made of silk; naming hats, gloves, &c.
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Error to, the Circuit Court.'of the .United States for the Southern District of New York. In May, 1873, Unkart & Co. imported into New'York cer- . tain merchandise, upon which the plaintiff in error, the collector of the port,: assessed and collécted- a duty of sixty, per cent, •under the eighth section of the act'of June.30, 1864 (13 Stat. ■210), which imposed a duty of sixty per cent on various articles of clothing made of silk; naming hats, gloves, &c. The.concluding clause of the section is as follows: “ On all manufactures of silk, or of which silk is the component of chief value, not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
delivered the opinion, of the court..
The twenty-second section of the act of March 2, 1861 (12 Stat. 191), provided a duty of thirty per cent on' many articles; and, among them, “ caps, gloves, leggins, mits, socks, stockings, wove shirts and drawers, and all similar articles made on frames, of whatever material composed, worn by men, wom’en, or children, .and not otherwise provided for.”
The thirteenth section of the act of July 14, 1862 (id. 556), increases this duty by the same descriptive terms, five per cent ad valorem¶'
By the abt of June 6, 1872 (17 id. 230), the duties upon manufactures…
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