Legal Opinion

Dodge v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 8, 1898No. 42PublishedCited by 7 opinions

This is an appeal by the importers from a decisión of the circuit court, Southern district of New York, affirming a, decision of the board of general appraisers which affirmed a decision of the collector of the port of .New York.

1Opinion of the Court

LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

The record is not entirely clear as to how the article here imported is obtained. It comes from the same tree from which comes the crude camphor of commerce, — the whitish, translucent, crystalline, volatile substance which is well known to every one as “camphor” or “gum camphor.” The article in question is a dark-brown, heavy, oily liquid; and, as obtained from the tree, the crude gum camphor and this brown liquid are mixed together without any chemical connection. They are separated merely by drainage. It may be inferred from the testimony that these products thus…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ingersoll v. MagoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
  2. United States v. McSorleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dingelstedt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
  2. United States v. WallaceCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1913
  3. Reed v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1914
  4. Wiebusch & Hilger. Ltd. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
  5. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1934

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