United States v. Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co.

Sullivan, J.,

concurring, found that the wool was a native of South America, and that it had not been improved by the admixture of merino or English blood. In connection therewith he stated that the evidence showed that no witness had testified it was improved wool, but all said it was the lowest grade.

McClelland, J.,

held that the quality of the wool was of no consequence, but it being established as, in substance, he found that the sheep which produced it possessed a strain of English blood (Lincoln) it followed, as matter of law, that it was improved within the meaning of paragraph 1101. He…