United States v. Ayrton Metal Co.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, Second Division, sustaining the protest of the importer against the classification by the Collector of Customs at the port of New York of certain merchandise described on the consular invoice and entered November 6, 1939,. as tin ldad alloy in slabs, a refund of all the duties collected thereon being awarded.

The merchandise is frequently referred to in the record as “white metal.” According to the testimony of one of the witnesses for appellee it was imported “in pigs weighing about a hundred pounds each.” The importation…