NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES


101 U.S. 1 (1879)

NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. B.C. Brown for the plaintiff in error.

The Solicitor-General, contra.


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

The only question presented is as to the constitutionality of sect. 3413 of the Revised Statutes, the objection being that the tax is virtually laid upon an instrumentality of the State of Arkansas.

We think this case comes directly within the principles settled in Veazie Bank v. Fenno (8 Wall. 533), where it was distinctly...

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