PULLMAN CO. v. RICHARDSON

Nos. 143-148, and 149.

261 U.S. 330 (1923)

PULLMAN COMPANY v. RICHARDSON, AS TREASURER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HINES, AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, ET AL. v. RICHARDSON, AS TREASURER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cordenio A. Severance, with whom Mr. Gustavus A. Fernald and Mr. Burke Corbet were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General of the State of California, and Mr. Raymond Benjamin, for defendant in error, submitted.


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

These were actions by the Pullman Company against the Treasurer of California to recover moneys paid under protest as state taxes. Each action related to a designated part of the tax for a distinct year and was brought on the theory that the part designated was invalid because imposed under constitutional and statutory...

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