GREEN v. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY


96 So.2d 790 (1957)

Ray E. GREEN, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and Rex Sweat, as Sheriff of Duval County, Florida, Appellants, v. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. and John D. Moriarty, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Charles R. Scott and Fleming, Scott & Botts, of Jacksonville, for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

This appeal from a summary final decree requires an interpretation of the exemption in Sections 212.06(7) and 212.06(8), Florida Statutes 1953, F.S.A. which relieves tangible personal property from imposition of the use tax where a like tax "has been paid in another state" upon the property; that is, as further stated, the property has "previously borne a sales or use tax in another state."

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