QUONG WING v. KIRKENDALL

No. 119.

223 U.S. 59 (1912)

QUONG WING v. KIRKENDALL, TREASURER OF LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 22, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles E. Pew, with whom Mr. M.S. Gunn and Mr. Ira T. Wight were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.H. Poorman, with whom Mr. Albert J. Galen, Attorney General of Montana, was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover ten dollars paid under duress and protest for a license to do hand laundry work. The plaintiff got judgment in the court of first instance, but this judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court of the State. 39 Montana, 64. The law under which the fee was exacted imposed the payment upon all persons engaged in laundry business other than the...

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