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AMERICAN NET & TWINE CO. v. WORTHINGTON

No. 55.

141 U.S. 468 (1891)

12 S.Ct. 55

35 L.Ed. 821

AMERICAN NET AND TWINE COMPANY, v. WORTHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Hartley for plaintiff in error. Mr. Walter H Coleman and Mr. Charles P. Searle were with him on the brief.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Parker for defendant in error.

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

The decision of this case depends upon the construction of the tariff act of March 3, 1883, 22 Stat. 488, c. 121. Schedule J of this act, page 507, provides for a duty of 40 per cent ad valorem upon "flax or linen thread, twine and pack thread, and all manufactures of flax, or of which flax shall be the component material of chief value, not specially enumerated or provided for in...

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