WESTERN CARTRIDGE CO. v. EMMERSON

No. 375.

281 U.S. 511 (1930)

WESTERN CARTRIDGE COMPANY v. EMMERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Colin C.H. Fyffe for petitioner.

Mr. Bayard Lacey Catron, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, with whom Mr. Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General, was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a Delaware corporation licensed to do business in Illinois, brought this suit in the circuit court of Sangamon county to enjoin payment to the state treasurer of the amount of a license fee or franchise tax that respondent as secretary of state collected from petitioner under § 105 of the general corporation act of that State. The suit was based upon...

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