Costogue v. United States

This is an appeal by N. D. Costogue et al. from the judgment of the Customs Court sustaining the classification by the collector of certain olives imported at New York. The goods in question are imported in casks, in brine. They are the imperfect or broken olives resulting from the manufacturing processes in the Spanish factories, where pitted and stuffed olives are prepared. These are of two general kinds — first, green olives which have been subjected to the pitting process, and second, green olives which have been subjected to the pitting and stuffing process. It is shown by the evidence…