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HENNEFORD v. NOR. PACIFIC RY.

No. 243.

303 U.S. 17 (1938)

HENNEFORD ET AL. v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.G. Sharpe, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Mr. G.W. Hamilton, Attorney General, of the State of Washington, was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. M.L. Countryman, Jr., with whom Mr. Lorenzo B. daPonte was on the brief, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This suit was brought to restrain the enforcement against the Northern Pacific Railway Company of the "compensating tax" imposed by Title IV of Chapter 180 of the Laws of Washington of 1935. The Act levies a tax of 2% for the privilege of using within the State any article of tangible personal property purchased subsequent to April 30, 1935. Cf. Henneford v. Silas Mason Co., 300 U.S...

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