Maine v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1891-12-14

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Me. Justice Field, after -stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. The tax, for the collection of which this action is brought, is an excise tax upon the defendant corporation for the privilege of exercising its franchises within the State of Maine. It is so declared in the statute which imposes it;…

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