Koch v. United States

This appeal presents the question of the appropriate dutiable classification of certain surgical instruments. Representative samples are before the court. The record discloses that they are uniformly referred to and described as follows: Exhibit 1, Auword’s cranioclast, an instrument used in some cases of stillbirth for crushing the head *535of the dead fetus to facilitate its extraction. This instrument is composed of heavy jaws between which is operated a tongue or lever', the contact jaws of which are serrated. Force is applied by a screw, operating alternately to bring each of the outer jaws…