Maddock v. Magone
Citations
- 152 U.S. 368
- 14 S. Ct. 588
- 38 L. Ed. 482
- 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2125
Syllabus
<p>In construing a tariff act, when it is claimed that the commercial use of a word or phrase in it differs from the ordinary signification of such word or phrase, in order that the former prevail over the latter it must appear that the commercial designation is the result of established usage in commerce and trade, and that at the date of the passage of the act that usage was definite, uniform, and general, and not partial, local, or personal.</p>
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- further elaborating that were the meaning not general and known throughout the country, or only known in one branch of the trade, then different rates of duty would be assigned at different ports of entry
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Judges: Fullee, Gray
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