John V. Carr & Son, Inc. v. United States

Mollison, Judge:

The plaintiff herein imported certain automobile pistons from Canada. At the time of importation, the pistons were packaged as follows:

* * * wood boxes were lined with cardboard; a cardboard separator was placed at the bottom of each box; a piston was placed in each cell of the cardboard separator; the layer was covered with a fiat piece of cardboard; successive layers were similarly built up until the box was full; the wood cover was then placed on the box and held in position by one-half inch steel bands; eight boxes were assembled in two layers of four to a wood pallet and…