WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 56.

128 U.S. 39 (1888)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 22, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.E. Olmsted for plaintiff in error.

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


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

Judgment was rendered against plaintiff in error for taxes on telegraphic messages sent from point to point within the State of Pennsylvania; on messages sent from points within the State to points in other States; on messages sent from points in other States to points within the State; and on messages sent to and from points in other States, which passed over lines partly within the State; and the record...

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