Masson v. United States

Bland, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Appellant imported in barrels tbe. merchandise involved, which is known as cottonseed pitch or distilled stearine pitch. Stearine pitch is a name for all grades of fatty acid pitches which are usually of animal or cottonseed origin. It is made from black cotton grease, which grease is a residue from milling processes in making cottonseed oil. The black grease is put into a still and is blown with a heat of *79about seven or eight hundred degrees for the purpose of diivihg off and recovering the fatty.acids or soap stock. The residue from the still…