Douglass & Berry v. United States
This text of 123 F. 993 (Douglass & Berry v. United States) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District Court, S.D. New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The merchandise in question consists of cotton table covers, doilies, and napkins, on which duty was assessed by the collector under the provisions of the tariff act of July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule I, par. 322, 26 Stat. 179 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1661), for “manufactures of cotton not specially provided for,” and is claimed by the importers to be dutiable under the provision of paragraph 321 of the same act, for “cotton table damask, forty per centum ad valorem.”
On the authority of United States v. Van Blankensteyn, 5 C. C. A. 579, 56 Fed. 474, 11 U. S. App. 687, and In re White (C. C.) 53 Fed. 787, the decision of the board of general appraisers is affirmed.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
123 F. 993, 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4670, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/douglass-berry-v-united-states-nysd-1901.