B. Altman & Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the construction of the tariff acts and of the reciprocal agreement with- France of May 30, 1898, are stated in the opinion. Congress has referred to the Hawaiian treaty in two instances as a convention, and in two others as a treaty.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the construction of the tariff acts and of the reciprocal agreement with- France of May 30, 1898, are stated in the opinion. Congress has referred to the Hawaiian treaty in two instances as a convention, and in two others as a treaty. Act Aug. 15, 1875, 19 Stat. 200; Act Mar. 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 844; Act Aug. 27,1894, par. 182), 28 Stat. 521; Act July 24,1897, par. 209, 30 Stat. 168. In the general sense and without special reference to the Constitution and laws of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This is an appeal from.an order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, affirming a decision of the Board of General Appraisers, which sustained an assessment of duty by the collector at the port of New York upon a certain bronze bust imported by the appellants, B. Altman & Co.
The bust was imported from France and was assessed a duty of 45 per cent, ad valorem under paragraph 193 of the Tariff Act of 1897 (30 Stat. 151, 167), which covers articles or wares not specially provided for in the act, composed wholly or in part of metal, and whether partly or…
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