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HOPE GAS CO. v. HALL

No. 815.

274 U.S. 284 (1927)

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. HALL, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Messrs. H.D. Rummel, Arthur E. Young, Charles Powell, Kemble White, Anthony F. McCue, S.E.W. Burnside, and Edward M. Borger were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Fred O. Blue, with whom Messrs. Howard B. Lee, Attorney General of West Virginia, and T.C. Townsend were on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This writ brings up a decree by the Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virginia, which construed § 2-a, c. 1, Acts of the Legislature, Extraordinary Session 1925,* and sustained it against objections based upon § 8, Art. I, Federal Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment. The grounds relied upon for reversal are without merit and...

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