Renken & Yates Smith Corp. v. United States

EvaNS, Judge:

This is an action against the United States in which the plaintiff seeks to recover money claimed to have been collected in excess of the amount due upon importations of a variety of cocktail “sticks,” “biscuits,” and “wafers.” A number of cases have been consolidated for trial. Five varieties of the imported commodity are involved in the controversy, designated on the invoices, as follows, with or without accompanying words or phrases: Harlequin sticks, cheddar sandwich, piquant sandwich, celery sandwich, and stiltonette wafers. Samples of these varieties were introduced in…