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PULLMAN CO. v. KNOTT

No. 262.

243 U.S. 447 (1917)

THE PULLMAN COMPANY v. KNOTT, AS COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas F. West, Attorney General of the State of Florida, for defendant in error, in support of the motion.

Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Mr. Cordenio A. Severance, Mr. Robert E. Olds, Mr. Gustavus S. Fernald and Mr. John E. Hartridge for plaintiff in error, in opposition to the motion.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

Suit was brought in the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida, by the Pullman Company against Knott, Comptroller of the State of Florida, to enjoin him and his successors in office from estimating, levying and assessing a tax on the gross receipts of the Pullman Company, on the ground that the state law authorizing the tax was void under the Constitution of the United States. The Circuit Court held that the law was...

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