PATAPSCO GUANO CO. v. NORTH CAROLINA

No. 9.

171 U.S. 345 (1898)

PATAPSCO GUANO COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas N. Hill and Mr. John W. Hinsdale for appellant.

Mr. R.H. Battle, Mr. J.C.L. Harris and Mr. F.H. Busbee for appellees.


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

This was a bill filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, April 1, 1892, seeking to enjoin the collection of an inspection charge of twenty-five cents per ton on commercial fertilizers, as prescribed by an act of the general assembly of North Carolina of January 21, 1891, and from taking any steps whatever to enforce that act, on the ground of its unconstitutionality...

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