GAAR, SCOTT & CO. v. SHANNON

No. 88.

223 U.S. 468 (1912)

GAAR, SCOTT & COMPANY v. SHANNON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.E. More, with whom Mr. Almon W. Bulkley and Mr. J.L. Patterson were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. James D. Walthall, with whom Mr. Jewell P. Lightfoot was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

On writ of error to a judgment, sustaining defendant's demurrer to the complaint for the recovery of taxes paid under protest, the Court of Appeals of Texas considered all the assignments of error. It held that the permit of 1901, to do business for ten years, was not a contract and that therefore the State during that period might demand an increased or additional franchise...

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