SHAFER v. GLANDER

No. 31962.

153 Ohio St. 483 (1950)

SHAFER, D. B. A. OHIO ROAD IMPROVEMENT CO., APPELLANT, v. GLANDER, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Dow Hamilton and Mr. Robert Denzler Holmes, for appellant.

Mr. Herbert S. Duffy, attorney general, and Mr. Donald B. Leach, for appellee.


TURNER, J.

We agree with the Tax Commissioner's statement:

"It is the use of the fuel which is determinative and, if fuel is used to propel a motor vehicle upon the highway, such fuel is taxable." But that is not our case here.

Unless the applicable statutes show clearly that the use of the fuel as here used is taxable, any ambiguity shall be resolved in favor of the taxpayer.

This well settled rule is illustrated by the language of Judge Marshall...

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