Schering v. United States

Citations

• 119 F. 472
• 1900 U.S. App. LEXIS 4970

Syllabus

<p>1. Customs Duties—Drugs—Hyoscin Hydrobromate.</p> <p>Hyoscin hydrobromate, shown to be a chemical salt of solely medicinal use, in the preparation of which alcohol is necessarily used, is dutiable under Tariff Act 1890, par. 74, as a medicinal preparation in the preparation of which alcohol is used, and not under paragraph 76, as a chemical compound or salt.</p> <p>8. Same—Salol.</p> <p>Salol, being a medicinal preparation, in the preparation of which alcohol may or may not be used, is dutiable under Tariff Act 1890, par. 76, as a chemical compound or salt, and not under paragraph 74, covering medicinal preparations in the making of which alcohol is used.</p>