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POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE CO. v. ADAMS

No. 649.

155 U.S. 688 (1895)

POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY v. ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T. Moultrie Mordecai and Mr. Philip H. Gadsden for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Marcellus Green for defendant in error.

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

It is settled that where by way of duties laid on the transportation of the subjects of interstate commerce, or on the receipts derived therefrom, or on the occupation or business of carrying it on, a tax is levied by a State on interstate commerce, such taxation amounts to a regulation of such...

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