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MASS. v. WESTERN UN. TEL. CO.

Nos. 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131.

141 U.S. 40 (1891)

MASSACHUSETTS v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. — WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. MASSACHUSETTS. MASSACHUSETTS v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY — WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. MASSACHUSETTS. MASSACHUSETTS v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. — WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry C. Bliss for the State of Massachusetts.

Mr. Wager Swayne for the Western Union Telegraph Company.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

Three informations in equity were filed in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, by the Attorney General at the relation of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation of New York, under section 54 of chapter 13 of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts, for the recovery of taxes assessed to the defendant for the years 1886, 1887 and 1888, under other sections...

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