ALGER CO. v. BOWERS

Nos. 35066 and 35067.

166 Ohio St. 427 (1957)

GEO. F. ALGER CO., APPELLANT, v. BOWERS, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 19, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edmund M. Brady and Mr. Taylor C. Burneson, for appellant.

Mr. William Saxbe. Mr. Hugh A. Sherer and Mr. John M. Tobin, for appellee.


Per Curiam.

The Ohio Highway Use Tax Act, which tax is known as the axle-mile tax, levies a graduated tax upon trucks, ranging from one-half to two and one-half cents per mile for trucks having three or more axles.

The appellant attacks the imposition of the tax on three grounds.

First, it contends that the tax itself is unconstitutional.

Second, it contends that certain designated state officers, herein called the reciprocity board...

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