Shelton v. Platt

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1891-04-13

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Mr. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the opinion of the court. The question whether, even if the act under which the tax in question was imposed were unconstitutional and the tax void, complainant on behalf of the express company was •entitled to the relief accorded, meets us on the threshold. It was ruled in Dows v.…

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