General Electric Co. v. United States

The merchandise is so-called “substitute platinum wire.” These facts, evidenced by the record, may be concisely and accurately stated in excerpts from the brief of counsel for the appellant, as follows:

The evidence of all of the witnesses who were examined upon the subject was to the effect that the platinum was in the form of a sleeve or tube passed over a fine wire *399which, supported the platinum sleeve or tube. The inside wire was an alloy of nickel and iron, but the platinum at no time became in any way amalgamated with the iron and nickel wire. * * *

The evidence shows that at no time does…