Howard Young Galleries, Inc. v. United States

Appellant entered at the port of New York an original painting in oil entitled “The Meet” by J. F. Herring. The verified protest of appellant shows that the “London house” of appellant, the Howard Young Galleries, Inc., of New York, obtained the painting on approval from A. Walker of London and shipped the same to the appellant at New York for its consideration and approval.

Appellant entered the painting as free of duty under paragraph 1811, Tariff Act of 1930, as an artistic antiquity having been produced prior to the year 1830. The invoice stated that the painting was “English, circa 1825.”…