United States v. European Watch & Clock Co.

Snap fasteners or clasps, attached to ribbon and designed to hold watches on the wrist, were classified by the collector of customs at the port of New York, as materials of metal suitable for use in the manufacture of jewelry and assessed with duty at 75 per centum ad valorem under that part of paragraph 1428 of the Tariff Act of 1922, which reads as follows:

Pab. 1428. Jewelry * * * stampings, galleries, mesh, and other materials of metal * * * finished or partly finished, separate or in strips or sheets, suitable for use in the manufacture of any of the foregoing articles in this paragraph,…