W. N. Proctor & Co. v. United States

EOWEEL, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the classification for duty of extract of nutgalls. The government contended that it should be classified under paragraph 1 of the act of July 24, .1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule A, as tannic acid or tannin, dutiable at 50 cents per pound. 30 Stat. 151 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1626]. Eor the history of this paragraph, see Rev. St. pp. 473, 481; Act March 3, 1883, c. 121, 22 Stat. 495; Act Oct. 1, 1890, c. 1244, § 1, Schedule A, par. 6, 26 Stat. 567; Act Aug. 27, 1894, c. 349, § 1, Schedule A, par. 5, 28 Stat. 509. The importer contended that the duty…