Erhardt v. Steinhardt

Citations

• 153 U.S. 177
• 14 S. Ct. 775
• 38 L. Ed. 678
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2173

Syllabus

<p>■ Whether Boonekamp bitters, imported in September, 1889, were so similar to absinthe as to be susceptible of being assessed under the clause applicable to it, was a question of fact properly left to the jury.</p> <p>The jury having determined that fact adversely to the government,, it follows that such bitters were at that time to be classified under the proprietary preparation clause of Schedule A of the act of March 3, 1883, c. 121, 22 Stat. 488, 494.</p> <p>The rate .of duty on the bottles was dependent upon the rate of duty on the contents.</p>