Pink Supply Co. v. United States

Kincheloe, Judge:

This case is for the recovery of certain duty alleged to have been wrongfully collected by the collector of customs on an importation of cotton rags from Japan in 1936. The merchandise was assessed with duty at 3 cents per pound under paragraph 922 of the Tariff Act of 1930, reading:

Par. 922. Rags, including wiping rags, wholly or in chief value of cottonj except rags chiefly used in paper-making, 3 cents per pound.

The protest of the plaintiff company herein, so far as pertinent, reads:

We claim that these goods are free of duty under the provisions of paragraph 1750 of the…