ARMOUR & CO. v. VIRGINIA

No. 127.

246 U.S. 1 (1918)

ARMOUR & COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eppa Hunton, Jr., with whom Mr. H.T. Hall was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.D. Hank, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of the State of Virginia, with whom Mr. Jno. Garland Pollard, Attorney General of the State of Virginia, and Mr. Leon M. Bazile were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit concerns § 45 of the Virginia general taxing statute, as amended in 1915, which is in the margin.1 It will be observed that the section imposes an annual license tax upon all persons or corporations carrying on a merchandise business at any place in the State, the amount being determined...

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