United States v. Sheldon & Co.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Appeal from Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 42648. [Oral argument Mar. 29, 1919, by Mr. Hanson.)
1Opinion of the CourtDe Vries, Judge
The imported merchandise consists of mother-of-pearl staves and name rings, imported and suitable for no other use than mountings or embellishments for opera glasses.
As the scope of the word “mountings” will hereinafter be shown to be pertinent, it may be well to amplify its inclusiveness by quotation from lexicographic authority:
Webster’s New International Dictionary (1916):
Mounting.— * * * 2. That which serves as a mount or by which anything is prepared or equipped for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting, or nonoptical parts (pier axes, circles,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. American Express Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1916
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