Knott v. United States
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Appeal from Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 42483. [Oral argument Tan. 15,1919, by Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Isenschmid.]
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, Judge
The merchandise in this case consists of carbon which has been molded into rectangular pieces, running in size from 1¶& to 8{: inches in length, from 1-J to 3-| inches in width, and from three-sixteenths to If inches in thickness. These were invoiced by the importer as carbon blocks.
The appraiser in his advisory classifications described some of the articles as carbon brushes and some as carbon plates, and returned them for duty as such at the rate of 25 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 81, tariff act of 1913.
One of the appraiser’s reports reads as follows:
The merchandise in question…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fenton v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1911
- In re BlumenthalU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1892
- United States v. FoscatoCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1915
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