Boak v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGrosscup, Circuit Judge
This is an appeal, by the importers of merchandise known as fox berries, from the decree of the Circuit Court sustaining a decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers (Ga. 5142).
Fox berries grow on small bushes in mountainous regions in Norway, Sweden, Nova Scotia, and the Canadian provinces; and are utilized for sauce, tarts and pies, so resembling, both in appearance and uses, the cranberry, that they are sometimes called the hanging cranberry.
The fox berry is imported in casks filled with water. There is some contention in the record that the water carries a salt, thus making…
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