SEVEN CASES v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 50, 51.

239 U.S. 510 (1916)

SEVEN CASES OF ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SIX CASES OF ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel W. Baker, with whom Mr. Francis D. Weaver was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Underwood for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

Libels were filed by the United States, in December, 1912, to condemn certain articles of drugs (known as `Eckman's Alterative') as misbranded in violation of § 8 of the Food & Drugs Act. The articles had been shipped in interstate commerce, from Chicago to Omaha, and remained at the latter place unsold and in the unbroken original packages. The two cases present...

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