WISCONSIN & MICHIGAN RY. CO. v. POWERS

No. 77.

191 U.S. 379 (1903)

WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN RAILWAY CO. v. POWERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jesse B. Barton for appellant.

Mr. Charles A. Blair, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, and Mr. Roger Irving Wykes for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the United States Circuit Court dismissing the plaintiff's bill on demurrer. The bill seeks to enjoin the auditor general of the State of Michigan from collecting a tax, on the ground that the law imposing the tax is contrary to the Constitution of the United States as impairing the obligation of contracts and interfering with interstate...

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