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COMMONWEALTH v. NATIONAL BISCUIT CO.

390 Pa. 642 (1957)

Commonwealth v. National Biscuit Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy J. Keefer, with him Leslie M. Swope, Charles J. Biddle, Hull, Leiby & Metzger and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, for appellant.

George W. Keitel, Deputy Attorney General, with him Thomas D. McBride, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD and JONES, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, November 11, 1957:

This appeal by National Biscuit Company questions the amount of State tax imposed on it for the year 1952 under the Act of May 16, 1935, P.L. 184, which imposes a franchise tax on foreign corporations doing business in Pennsylvania.

Appellant was incorporated in New Jersey, has its principal office in New York City and is duly registered to do business in Pennsylvania where during the tax year in question...

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