Hahn v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Yew York. This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court, Southern district of Yew York (91 Fed. 755), reversing a decision of the board of general appraisers, which reversed a decision of the collector of customs touching the classification for duty of certain merchandise entered at the port of Yew York, September, 1890.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
-The merchandise in question comprised small cups, shoe-kook and glove-hook handles, knife handles, paper weights, slabs for match boxes and for blotting papers, and similar articles. They are manufactured wholly of agate or of onyx, onyx and agate being substantially the same, excepting that the mineral is called agate when it has stripes, and onyx when it is all of one color. The relevant provisions of the tariff act of March, 1883, are:
Paragraph 480: “Precious stones of all kinds, ten per centum ad valorem.”
Paragraph 596, Free I/ist: “Agate, unmanufactured.”
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Arthur v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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- In re HigginsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
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