GOAT & SHEEPSKIN CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 261.

206 U.S. 194 (1907)

GOAT AND SHEEPSKIN IMPORT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Stuart Tompkins, with whom Mr. Edward S. Hatch was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Sanford for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The evidence in this case, taken before the board of appraisers and also before the Circuit Court, is uncontradicted. It shows that the substance in question is not wool, has none of its characteristics and is not put to any of its uses and does not appear like wool. On the contrary, it is composed mostly of dead hair or kemp and...

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