Albert & Charles Boni (Inc.) v. United States

The appellant imported certain unbound pages of printed text and illustrations at the port of New York, which were classified by the collector as printed matter of bona, fide foreign authorship under paragraph 1310 of the Tariff Act of 1922. The importer protested, claiming the goods to be free of duty as periodicals under paragraph 1625 of said act. The United States Customs Court overruled the protest, and the importers have appealed.

Illustrative Exhibit A consists of a series of the articles of importation. Each of these consists of about 20 pages of reading matter and illustrations, some…