Great Western Mercantile Co. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The two suits against tbe United States listed in schedule “A,” hereto attached and made a part hereof, present for our determination the question of the proper classification of certain *127imported merobandise upon which, duty was levied at the rate of 65 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1211 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the merchandise having been classified as manufactures in chief value of silk, not specially provided for. Plaintiffs made several claims in their original protests, but the only claim relied upon, made by proper amendment, is that “The merchandise is dutiable at…