American Hatters & Furriers Co. v. United States

Cline, Judge:

In this suit against the United States the plaintiff claims that the collector of customs at the port of New York assessed additional duty illegally at the rate of 10 per centum ad valorem under section 304 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 on the ground that the merchandise was not legally marked when imported.

It appears from the record that the importation consisted of raw rabbit skins, a product of Poland, and that the same were packed in old second-hand burlap bags which were dirty and some of them stained from the fat running out of the skins; that the skins were not required to…