Middleton v. United States

Lenroot, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Tbe appellant herein imported in 1934 at the port of New York certain table cloths of various sizes, in chief value of flax.

In their production the cloths are woven in running lengths. As the cloth is made a design is woven into it, the design extending along such length of the material as is necessary for a table cloth of the desired size. After the design is completed, an identical design is woven into the succeeding length of cloth; accordingly, the material as woven consists of a running length upon which are woven successive, identical…