United States v. Lobsitz

The imported merchandise in the case at bar is admitted by the ■appellee to be a mixture of wool thread waste, artificial silk thread waste, and oil, etc. The analyst’s report, introduced in evidence, .gives the following:

Per cent

Wool.'._53.81

Artificial-silk_43.-12

Oil, etc___ 3. 07

100. 00

It is shown by the appraiser’s report offered in evidence and not ■controverted that the wool waste is the chief value of the merchandise. It is claimed by the Government and not denied, and appears from an inspection of the official sample, that the quantity or value of each class of commingled waste can not…