Brill v. United States

Citations

• 123 F. 845
• 1900 U.S. App. LEXIS 4944

Syllabus

<p>1. Customs Duties—Classification—Ruffled Cotton Curtains.</p> <p>In construing Tariff Act Aug. 27, 1894, 28 Stat. 530, c. 349, § 1, Schedule J, par. 276, which relates to “neck rufflings, * * * and articles made wholly or in part of * * * rufflings,” held, that the word “neck” should not be re-read in connection with the word “rufflings,” and that cotton curtains made in part of rufflings are dutiable under said paragraph, and not under paragraph 264 of said act (28 Stat. 529), as “manufactures of cotton.” ■</p>