PANHANDLE OIL CO. v. MISSISSIPPI EX REL. KNOX

No. 288.

277 U.S. 218 (1928)

PANHANDLE OIL COMPANY v. MISSISSIPPI EX REL. KNOX, ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Butler for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.L. Byrd, Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, with whom Mr. Rush H. Knox, Attorney General, was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Chapter 116 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1922 provided that "any person engaged in the business of distributing gasoline, or retail dealer in gasoline, shall pay for the privilege of engaging in such business an excise tax of 1 ¢ [one cent] per gallon upon the sale of gasoline . . .," except that sold in interstate commerce or purchased outside the State and brought...

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