U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York, 1850

Boving v. Lawrence

Boving v. Lawrence
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · Decided October 15, 1850 · Nelson
3 F. Cas. 1023; 1 Blatchf. 607
Boving v. Lawrence

Opinion of the Court

NELSON, Circuit Justice.

The article in question was invoiced as vermilion, and is bought and sold, and known in trade and commerce, under that denomination, and falls, therefore, under the enumeration of “vermilion” in Schedule E. Chemically speaking, it is according to the evidence, a mercurial preparation, but if it had been intended by the framers of the act to include it under the description of “mercurial preparations” in Schedule D, it would not have been carried into the list by name under Schedule E. Judgment for plaintiffs.

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