Stratton v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1930-11-24

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Mr. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit was brought on July 21, 1927, by St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company to restrain the enforcement of a statute of the State of Illinois (General Corporation Act, § 107), providing for the payment of a minimum franchise tax, upon the ground that the statute as applied to the complainant vio…

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