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BALTIMORE NAT. BANK v. TAX COMM'N.

No. 283.

297 U.S. 209 (1936)

BALTIMORE NATIONAL BANK v. STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Edwin F.A. Morgan and Gaylord Lee Clark for petitioner.

Mr. Herbert R. O'Conor, Attorney General of Maryland, and Mr. William L. Henderson, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the single question whether shares in a national bank, subscribed for and owned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, may be taxed by a state.

The Baltimore Trust Company closed its doors in February, 1933, and was unable to reopen. It was reorganized in August of the same year as a national banking association under the name of the Baltimore National Bank with a place of business...

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