Vandegrift v. United States

The articles the subject of this appeal, as evidenced by the samples produced at the hearing, are in the main grasses.

There is little testimony in the record, and that seems to be confined to the point of what, if any, process the merchandise had been subjected to at the time of importation. It is not made certain by. the record or the samples whether or not a part of the importation is a palm leaf or a grass. The appearance of the sample would indicate the}former. .......

Counsel for the Government in their brief make the point that there is confusion of samples, which renders intelligible…