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WELLS, FARGO & CO. v. NEVADA

No. 40.

248 U.S. 165 (1918)

WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY v. STATE OF NEVADA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles W. Stockton, with whom Mr. Harry S. Marx was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William C. Prentiss, with whom Mr. George B. Thatcher, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to enforce a tax levied in Humboldt County, Nevada, against the express company. Several objections were interposed, some presenting local and others federal questions, but all were overruled and payment of the tax directed. 38 Nevada, 505. This writ of error was allowed prior to the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726.

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