Case Name: Protest 34481-K of H. H. Elder & Co. (Los Angeles)
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1943-01-11
Citations: 10 Cust. Ct. 369
Docket Number: No. 47894
Parties: Protest 34481-K of H. H. Elder & Co. (Los Angeles).
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 369–370

Head Matter:
Before the First Division,
January 11, 1943
No. 47894.
Protest 34481-K of H. H. Elder & Co. (Los Angeles).

Opinion:
Opinion by
Walker, J.
At the trial the importer testified, and one of the so-called kernels which the witness called a "nut" was received in evidence as exhibit 2. However, this witness displayed no qualifications to enable him to testify with authority that exhibit 2 is a nut, nor does it appear that he is a botanist or had any extensive learning or experience on the subject of nuts. No other witnesses were called. On the record presented, which was held insufficient to warrant a finding that the oil in question has therapeutic or medicinal properties and is chiefly used for medicinal purposes, and no effort having been- made to prove that the oil in .question -was not edible, all claims in the protest were overruled.