Legal Opinion

Davies v. United States

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided July 7, 1909No. 556 (2,053)Published

On Application for Review of a Decision by the Board of United States General Appraisers.

1Opinion of the Court

FOWFFF, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of General Appraisers holding' a certain importation of paper dutiable under paragraph 401 of the Dingley act (Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule M, 30 Stat. 189 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1672]), rather than under paragraph 396, as contended by the importers. The paragraphs are as follows:

“ROO. Printing paper, unsized, sized or glued, suitable for books and newspapers, valued at not above two cents per pound, three-tenths of one cent per pound: valued above two cents and not above two and one-half cents per pound,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miller v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1904
  2. Edward Benneche & Bro. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
  3. United States v. SeydCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907

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