Cone v. United States
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Appeal from Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 37277.
1Opinion of the CourtBarber, Judge
The merchandise in this case is a fiber of vegetable origin, one sample being about 8 inches and the other about 10 inches in length. In the answer to the protest it is described as consisting of *264piassava, Palmyra, or other vegetable fibers. The importer, testifying, characterized it as bassine fiber largely obtained from the Island of Ceylon; said that it was obtained from a species of palm tree by stripping the stem of the leaf from the trunk of the tree; that the fiber itself is found not in the leaf but in the part so stripped from the tree; that when so stripped it contains the meat or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Arthur v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Strauss & Co. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1911
- Lang v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1913
- Cone v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1915
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