Battle & Co. Chemists' Corp. v. States.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
Petition by importers to review the decision of the board of ; meral appraisers affirming the classification for duty of certain imported merchandise.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
In 1898, the plaintiff, which is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Missouri, engaged in the manufacture of drugs and proprietary medicines, imported into this, country 3,000 pounds of chloral hydrate, which was classified by *217the collector of the port of' St. Louis as a "medicinal preparation,” within the meaning of paragraph 67 of the tariff act of July 24, "1897, and duty was assessed thereon at 55 cents per pound. On January 7, 1899, the duty so assessed was liquidated by the importer, and in due time a protest was filed, claiming that chloral…
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