Di Martino v. United States

Hatpield, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Figs packed in small baskets were imported in wooden cases containing fifty baskets each. Neither the cases nor the baskets at the time of importation were marked to indicate the country of origin. They were required to be marked under customs supervision. Thereupon the collector assessed the merchandise with the additional duty of 10 per centum of its appraised value.

The importer protested that the articles of importation were figs, and not baskets of figs, and, as the figs were not capable of being marked, stamped, branded, or labeled…