NIX v. HEDDEN

No. 137.

149 U.S. 304 (1893)

NIX v. HEDDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin B. Smith for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The single question in this case is whether tomatoes, considered as provisions, are to be classed as "vegetables" or as "fruit," within the meaning of the Tariff Act of 1883.

The only witnesses called at the trial testified that neither "vegetables" nor "fruit" had any special meaning in trade or commerce, different from that given in the dictionaries; and that they had the same...

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