PHILA. STEAMSHIP CO. v. PENNSYLVANIA


122 U.S. 326 (1887)

PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morton P. Henry for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, for defendant in error. Mr. John F. Sanderson, Deputy Attorney General of the State, was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question which underlies the immediate question in the case is, whether the imposition of the tax upon the steamship company's receipts amounted to a regulation of or an interference with, interstate and foreign commerce, and was thus in conflict with the power granted by the Constitution to Congress? The tax was levied...

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