Leaycraft & Co. v. United States

WALLACE, Circuit Judge.

The importations in controversy were arrowroot in its starchy form, answering the dictionary definitions, which describe it as “a nutritive starch obtained from the root stalk” of several species of the maranta, “a plant which grows in the West Indies, and which was considered a specific for the wounds caused by poisoned arrows; hence its name.” “In its preparation the tubers are mashed, and the pulp soaked in water. This dissolves out the starch, which is separated from the fibers by settling, and the water is then drawn off, and the starch cleansed, and finally dried…