Consolidated Elevator Co. v. United States
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Appeal from Board of United States General Appraisers, G. A. 8072 (T. D. 37247). [Oral argument Dee. 12,1917, by Mr. Severance and Mr. Hanson.]
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, Presiding Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of .the court:
The appellants made two separate importations of the commodity entered as flaxseed and screenings.
The testimony shows that flaxseed as it comes from the farms to the elevators contains a percentage of wild buckwheat, a percentage of wild mustard, a percentage of wheat, and small percentages of barley, oats, chaff, and foxtail. There is practically no dirt in the product. These substances, according to the regular commercial practice, are separated from the flaxseed, making a commercial product known as screenings.
These screenings…
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