Crosse & Blackwell Co. v. United States

Merchandise, consisting of mangoes in brine, peeled, pitted and sliced, imported from Jamaica, B. W. I., was assessed a duty of 7% cents per pound by the collector of the port of Baltimore, Maryland, under paragraph 746 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the trade agreement with Mexico, T. D. 50797. The importers protested said classification, claiming that the merchandise should be classified and assessed with duty at 35% ad valorem under paragraph 752 of said Act, as “Fruits * * * in brine, pickled, * * * or otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for.” This claim…