Pomeroy & Fischer v. United States

Citations

• 126 F. 583
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 5194

Syllabus

<p>1. Customs Duties — Classification—Enamel Paint</p> <p>Held, that certain so-called enamel paint, consisting of a white paint containing zinc, but not containing lead, ground in linseed oil, varnish being added to give a gloss, but without affecting the character of the mixture as a paint, is more specifically enumerated under the provision in paragraph 57, Tariff act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule A, 30 Stat. 154 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1630], for “white paint or pigment containing zinc, but not containing lead,” than under the provision in paragraph 53 of said' act, 30 Stat. 154 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1630], for “varnishes,” or that in paragraph 58 of said' act, 30 Stat. 154 [Ú. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1630], for “all paints, * * * whether crude or dry or mixed, or ground with water or oil or with solutions other than oil, not otherwise specially provided for.”</p>