Budlong Pickle Co. v. United States

The collector at the port of Chicago classified onions, which had been peeled and packed in brine, in casks containing approximately 295 pounds each, under paragraph 773 of the Tariff Act of 1922, as vegetables packed in brine.

Paragraph 773 is as follows:

Par. 773. Vegetables, if cut, sliced, or otherwise reduced in size, or if parched or roasted, or if pickled, or packed in salt, brine, oil, or prepared or preserved in any other way and not specially provided for; sauces of all kinds, not specially provided for; soya beans, prepared or preserved in , any manner; bean stick, misp, , bean cake,…