Hartranft v. Meyer - 135 U.S. 237 (1890)

U.S. Supreme Court

Hartranft v. Meyer, 135 U.S. 237 (1890)

Hartranft v. Meyer

No. 148

Argued April 18, 1890

Decided April 28, 1890

135 U.S. 237

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Syllabus

Cloth composed partly of silk, partly of cotton and partly of wool, silk being the component material of chief value, and the proportion in value of wool being less than twenty-five percent, is dutiable as a nonenumerated article under Schedule L, § 2502 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of March 3, 1883, 22 Stat. 510, and not as a similar article under Schedule K in that section, 22 Stat. 508.

The case is stated in the opinion.