Herman H. Sticht Co. v. United States

Laweence, Judge:

This cause of action brings before us for consideration tbe competition between provisions in paragraphs 368 and 353 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified.

The importation in controversy consists of a relatively new invention known as a Baldwin Dunlop statigun. It was classified by the collector of customs as an instrument or device intended or suitable for measuring the flowage of electricity, and duty was imposed thereon at the rate of $2.25 each and 32)( per centum ad valorem in paragraph 368 (19 U. S. C. § 1001, par. 368), as modified by the trade agreement with…