Goat & Sheepskin Import Co. v. United States

S.D. New York

Goat & Sheepskin Import Co. v. United States

141 F. 493, 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 4916

CourtDistrict Court, S.D. New York

DecidedMay 19, 1905

DocketNo. 3,641

StatusPublished

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Goat & Sheepskin Import Co. v. United States, 141 F. 493, 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 4916 (S.D.N.Y. 1905).

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TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge.

The merchandise in controversy consists of mocha whitehead sheepskins from which the coat had not been removed at the time of importation. They were assessed for duty at 3 cents per pound, under the provisions of Tariff Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule K, pars. 351, 358, 360, 30 Stat. 182, 183, [494]*494[U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 166-4, 1665, 1666], as wools of the third class on the skin, and were claimed to be free under the provisions of paragraph 664 of said act (section 2, Free List, 30 Stat. 201 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1688]), as “skins of all kinds, raw (except sheepskins with the wool on)etc. The sole question presented is whether these skins have wool on or hair only. The Board of General Appraisers reached the conclusion that a certain percentage of the covering was wool, and therefore that the skins were sheepskins with the wool on, within the meaning of the tariff act. Inasmuch as there was sufficient evidence to support the finding of the board as to the fact of wool upon the skins, and as the court upon examination of the sample is unable to say that this finding is incorrect, and as the definitions in the encyclopaedias and dictionaries support the claim that such a product is wool, although of a low order, the decision of the Board of General Appraisers is affirmed.

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TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge.

The merchandise in controversy consists of mocha whitehead sheepskins from which the coat had not been removed at the time of importation. They were assessed for duty at 3 cents per pound, under the provisions of Tariff Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule K, pars. 351, 358, 360, 30 Stat. 182, 183, [494]*494[U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 166-4, 1665, 1666], as wools of the third class on the skin, and were claimed to be free under the provisions of paragraph 664 of said act (section 2, Free List, 30 Stat. 201 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1688]), as “skins of all kinds, raw (except sheepskins with the wool on)etc. The sole question presented is whether these skins have wool on or hair only. The Board of General Appraisers reached the conclusion that a certain percentage of the covering was wool, and therefore that the skins were sheepskins with the wool on, within the meaning of the tariff act. Inasmuch as there was sufficient evidence to support the finding of the board as to the fact of wool upon the skins, and as the court upon examination of the sample is unable to say that this finding is incorrect, and as the definitions in the encyclopaedias and dictionaries support the claim that such a product is wool, although of a low order, the decision of the Board of General Appraisers is affirmed.

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