Junge v. Hedden

Citations

• 146 U.S. 233
• 13 S. Ct. 88
• 36 L. Ed. 953
• 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2192

Syllabus

<p>In construing tariff acts an article may be held to be enumerated, although not specifically mentioned, if it be designated in a way to distinguish it from other articles.</p> <p>Arthur v. Butterfield, 125 U. S. 170, and Mason v. Mobertson, 139 U. S. 621, cited and approved.</p> <p>The meaning of the term “ article,” when used in a tariff act, considered.</p> <p>Dental rubber, imported into the United States in 1885 was subject to a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem, as an article composed of india-rubber not specially enumerated.</p>