Lutz v. Magone
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action by the administrators of Louis Lutz to recover duties alleged to have been illegally exacted by defendant upon certain importations of saccharine made by Lutz, in Í887, under the firm name of Lutz & Movius.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action by the administrators of Louis Lutz to recover duties alleged to have been illegally exacted by defendant upon certain importations of saccharine made by Lutz, in Í887, under the firm name of Lutz & Movius. The collector classified the article as a “ chemical compound ” under the act of 1883, c. 121, 22 Stat. 488, and as falling within the description of “All preparations known as essential oils, expressed oils, distilled oils, rendered oils, alkalis, alkaloids, and all combinations of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Upon the trial evidence was given tending to show that saccharine was invented in 1879; that, although about three hundred times as sweet as sugar, it was chemically an acid; that its chemical name is orthosulphamin benzoic acid anhydrid, and the last step in its manufacture is the separation from orthosulphamin benzoic acid of the water therein contained; that it is a patented article, made by a known formula, and a dry white powder, sweet to the taste, worth from $13 to $15 per pound; that it is used as a sweetening agent, in manufacturing purposes, such as soda water, liquors, wines,…
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