Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co. v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Appeal by the importers from a decision of the board of general appraisers which affirmed the classification for duty by the collector of the merchandise in question.
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, District Judge
(orally). The merchandise in question comprises certain colors known as alizarin blacks and browns, classified for duty at 30 per cent, ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 15 of the act of 1897, as “coal-tar dyes or colors, not specially provided for in this act,” and claimed to be free under *554paragraph 469 of said act, as “alizarin, natural or artificial, and dyes derived from alizarin or from anthracin.” The evidence shows that the blacks in question are not derived from anthracin, and do not contain the anthracin nucleus; that the browns do contain the anthracin nucleus, but are…
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- Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co. v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1900