LEE v. BICKELL

No. 944.

292 U.S. 415 (1934)

LEE, COMPTROLLER, v. BICKELL, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.V. Keen and H.E. Carter, Assistant Attorneys General of Florida, with whom Mr. Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Mr. Robert J. Pleus, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles A. Carroll, with whom Messrs. Frank B. Shutts and Crate D. Bowen were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellees, complainants in the court below, have brought this suit against the appellant, the Comptroller of the State of Florida, to restrain the enforcement of a Florida statute for the levy and collection of stamp taxes upon the documents described in the bill of complaint.

Their contention has been and is that the statute, properly construed, does not...

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