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BANK TAX CASE

69 U.S. 200 (1864)

2 Wall. 200

BANK TAX CASE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Devlin, Brady, and Kernan, for the tax commissioners.

Messrs. Daniel Lord, A.W. Bradford, B.D. Silliman, Marshall Spring Bidwell, Benedict, Bonney, Van Winkle, and others, contra, for different Banks.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

The question involved is, whether or not the stock of the United States, in which the capital of the Bank of the Commonwealth is invested, is liable to taxation by the State of New York, under an act passed by its legislature 29th of April, 1863, or, to state the question more directly, whether or not that act imposes a tax upon these stocks thus invested in the capital...

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