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LEONARD & LEONARD v. EARLE

No. 260.

279 U.S. 392 (1929)

LEONARD & LEONARD, CO-PARTNERS, v. EARLE, CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William L. Rawls for appellants.

Messrs. Thomas H. Robinson, Attorney General of Maryland, and Robert H. Archer, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Mr. Henry H. Johnson was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Maryland, the business of oyster packing is important and for many years has been licensed and taxed as a privilege. Most of the live oysters having been taken by tongs or dredges from bottoms in Maryland — a small per cent. come from Virginia and New Jersey — are sold to packers. At some convenient place on shore, they are shucked; the edible portion is placed in containers and shipped to...

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