Bister v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Application by Bister & Schmitt for a review of a decision of the board of general appraisers affirming a decision of the collector of the port of New York as to the classification of certain gloria cloth imported by them. The circuit court affirmed the board’s decision. 54 Fed. 158. The importers appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
The only question we have occasion to decide upon this appeal is whether the gloria cloth imported by the’ appellants, which is a cloth similar in description and charac*453ter to women’s and children's dress goods, and is'Composed of silk and worsted, — silk being the material of chief value, — was properly classified for duty under the provision of the tariff act of October 1, 1890, which subjects to duty, “women’s and children’s dress goods * * " and goods of similar description and character, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted * * * and not specially provided…
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