MAINE v. GRAND TRUNK R'Y CO.

No. 29.

142 U.S. 217 (1891)

MAINE v. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 14, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles E. Littlefield, Attorney General of the State of Maine, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.A. Strout for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The tax, for the collection of which this action is brought, is an excise tax upon the defendant corporation for the privilege of exercising its franchises within the State of Maine. It is so declared in the statute which imposes it; and that a tax of this character is within the power of the State to levy there can be no question. The designation...

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