MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
Counsel in behalf of the Commonwealth rests the validity of the statute in question upon two principal grounds:
(1.) That oleomargarine is a newly invented or discovered article, and that each State has the right in the case of a newly invented or discovered food product to determine for its citizens the question whether it is wholesome and non-deceptive, and neither the Congress...
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