Legal Opinion
Davies v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 1898No. 8PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Error to ihe Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court, Southern district of New York, in favor of defendants. The action was brought to recover for alleged excess of .duty upon certain shirts and drawers imported into the port of New York in 1873.
1Per curiam
The collector assessed duty on the goods, which were merino shirts and drawers, composed either of wool and cotton or of worsted and cotton, under section 2 of the act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 516, c. 197), as follows:
“On woolen cloths, woolen shawls, and all manufactures of wool of every description made wholly or in part of wool, not herein otherwise provided for * * * on flannels, * * * Isnit goods, * * * and all manufactures of every description composed wholly or in part of worsted,” etc.
Concededly, unless otherwise provided for, the importations would come within the comprehensive…
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