· 11/28/1940
Protest 9142-K of Albert P. Meyer & Co.
Citations
- 5 Cust. Ct. 416
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that, given the play float’s possibility of overturning, the prime motivation of a parent purchasing a play float is to amuse the child and not to offer safe support in water
- “When amusement and utility become locked in controversy, the question becomes one of determining whether the amusement is incidental to the utilitarian purpose, or the utility purpose incidental to the amusement.”
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