MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.
It was an evident error on the part of the collector to tax "nitro-benzole" as an essential oil. There was no evidence that such was its character; but it appeared at the trial, by uncontradicted evidence, and was in fact conceded, that it was made by mixing benzole and nitric acid; that these substances combined by reason of their chemical affinity, and nitro-benzole was the result. Not being enumerated as a dutiable...
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