Hunter & Co. v. United States

Two importations of merchandise invoiced as “Maggi’s soups in tablets ” were classified by the collector of customs at the port of New York as prepared vegetables and were accordingly assessed for duty at 40 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 252 of the tariff act of 1909, which said paragraph reads as follows:

252. 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 in any way; any of the foregoing not specially provided for in this section, and bean stick or bean cake, miso, and…