American Fruit Growers, Inc. v. United States

Tbis is an appeal from a judgment of tbe United States Customs Court, Third Division, overruling a large number of protests filed by appellants at the port of Chicago against the assessment of duty by the collector, upon large quantities of green peas in the pod imported from Mexico, at the rate of 3.9 cents per pound under paragraph 769 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by Presidential proclamation, T. D. 45314.

Appellants in their protests claimed that said proclamation is invalid and that the merchandise is dutiable at 3 cents per pound as originally provided in said paragraph 769.…