UNION TANK LINE CO. v. WRIGHT

No. 170.

249 U.S. 275 (1919)

UNION TANK LINE COMPANY v. WRIGHT, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Douglas Campbell for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Clifford Walker, Attorney General of the State of Georgia, for defendant in error, submitted. Mr. Warren Grice and Mr. Mark Bolding were on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This cause requires us to consider the power of a State to lay and collect taxes upon instrumentalities of interstate commerce which move both within and without its jurisdiction.

Union Tank Line — plaintiff in error — an equipment company incorporated in New Jersey which has never carried on business or had an office in Georgia, owns twelve thousand tank cars suitable for transporting...

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