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BROWN-FORMAN CO. v. KENTUCKY

No. 6.

217 U.S. 563 (1910)

BROWN-FORMAN CO. v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Levi Cooke and Mr. A.B. Hayes, with whom Mr. W.M. Hough was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James S. Morris, with whom Mr. James Breathitt, Attorney General of the State of Kentucky, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky instituted this proceeding to collect an occupation tax imposed by an act of the general assembly of that State of March 26, 1906, whereby every corporation or person engaged in the State, "in the business or occupation of compounding, rectifying, adulterating or blending distilled spirits," is required...

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