Lang v. United States

Donlon, Judge:

Plaintiff purchased in Prance and imported into the United States a statuary which was cast in bronze, the professional production of the sculptor Pablo Picasso. The imported statuary was numbered 8th of the 10 castings which were produced. It appears that two of these castings were previously imported into the United States, the present importation being the third.

It was stipulated that all 10 castings are of equal dignity and merit and that this, the 8th, is identical in all material respects with the other 9 eastings.

The collector assessed this importation with duty at 10 per…