Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit February 25, 1903, No. 103 (Downing v. United States)

WAFFACE, Circuit Judge.

The duties in controversy were assessed upon certain old cannon imported from Cuba, made of metal of which copper was the component material of chief value. The importations were classified for duty under paragraph 193 of the tariff act of July 24, 1897, 30 Stat. 167, c. 11 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p.