Dreyfuss v. United States

Cline, Judge;

This is a suit against the United States in which the plaintiff seeks to recover a part of the duty assessed on certain nuts which were imported from Brazil on June 12, 1940. Duty was assessed thereon at the rate of 2% cents per poimd under the provision for “edible nuts, not specially provided for,' not shelled” in paragraph *319761 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The plaintiff claims that the nuts are dutiable at three-quarters of one cent per pound under the provision for “cream or Brazil nuts” in paragraph 757, as modified by the trade agreement with Brazil, published in T. D.…