Sonn v. Magone
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES’ FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action to recover duties exacted by the collector of customs of the port of New York, and paid by the importers under protest in order to get their goods. The importations were made in the years 1887 and 1888, and the articles were invoiced in four of- the six invoices as “ white hand-picked Danubian beans; ” in one as “ haricots; ” and in another as “ Bohemia lentils.”
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES’ FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action to recover duties exacted by the collector of customs of the port of New York, and paid by the importers under protest in order to get their goods. The importations were made in the years 1887 and 1888, and the articles were invoiced in four of- the six invoices as “ white hand-picked Danubian beans; ” in one as “ haricots; ” and in another as “ Bohemia lentils.” By section 2502 of the customs duties act, passed March 3, 1883, 22 Stat. 488, c. 121, as a substitute for Title XXXIII of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr- Chief Justice Fullee,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
These articles were not string beans or beans in the pod,' but mature beans in a dry state, consisting of two varieties, lentils and white medium beans. It appeared that the main use of both lentils and beans was for food, though sometimes they were sold for seed, and that they were never, bought and sold under the name of vegetables ór under the name of seeds, but simply as beans or lentils, as the case might be. Some evidence was adduced to the- effect that, although the seed, root, or top of the plant might…
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