MERCHANTS NAT'L BANK v. UNITED STATES

No. 20.

214 U.S. 33 (1909)

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1909.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. Hayden and Mr. R.E. Lee Marshall, with whom Mr. J. Hanson Thomas was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson and Mr. Philip M. Ashford for The United States.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Organized as a state bank in 1834, the appellant was converted, in June, 1865, into a national banking association. For nearly thirty years after its organization as a national bank, that is, up to July 1, 1904, the bank was assessed for and paid the duty of one-half of one per cent upon the average amount of its notes in circulation, in conformity with § 5214, Rev...

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