UNITED STATES v. PERRY

No. 794.

146 U.S. 71 (1892)

UNITED STATES v. PERRY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for appellants.

Mr. W. Wickham Smith (with whom were Mr. Charles Curie and Mr. D. Ives Mackie on the brief) for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is difficult to fix the proper classification of the importations in question under the act of October 1, 1890, without referring to the prior acts upon the same subject.

By the tariff act of March 3, 1883, 22 Stat. 497, c. 121, there was imposed a duty of 45 per cent upon "porcelain and Bohemian glass, chemical glass ware, painted glass ware, stained glass, and all other manufactures...

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