United States v. Morningstar
This text of 168 F. 541 (United States v. Morningstar) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The relevant paragraphs are both on the free list and read as follows:
“Par. 695. Wax, vegetable or mineral.”
“Par. 633. Paraffin.”
The importation is known as “carnauba wax substitute”; carnauba wax being a vegetable wax. The government’s chemist admits that, although the so-called mineral waxes are not regarded as waxes in the chemical sense, paraffin belongs to that group. Evidently Congress used the words “mineral wax” in their popular sense; otherwise, they would cover nothing. The article in question is compounded of carnauba wax and paraffin, and when completed is to all appearance a waxy substance, used for the same purpose as are other waxes, and containing no animal wax. We concur with the board and the Circuit Court.
The decision is affirmed.
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168 F. 541, 94 C.C.A. 123, 1909 U.S. App. LEXIS 4467, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/united-states-v-morningstar-ca2-1909.