United States v. Amendola

The importations consist of pine cones with their nutlike seeds still attached to them:

*517The collector assessed duty upon the merchandise at the rate of 1 cent per pound as nuts not specially provided for under paragraph ■ 283 of the tariff act of 1909. Duty was assessed at that rate upon the aggregate weight of the cones and nuts, in accordance with the departmental instructions contained in T. D. 31854.

The importers protested against the assessment, claiming that the merchandise was free of duty as a crude vegetable substance under paragraph 630 of the act, and claiming furthermore that if…