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UNITED STATES PLYWOOD CORP. v. CITY OF ALGOMA

2 Wis.2d 567 (1958)

UNITED STATES PLYWOOD CORPORATION, Appellant, vs. CITY OF ALGOMA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Whyte, Hirschboeck, Minahan, Harding & Harland, attorneys, and Roger C. Minahan and Walter P. Rynkiewicz of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Roger C. Minahan.

For the respondent there was a brief by S. Knudson, city attorney, and Larkin & Blum of Eau Claire, and oral argument by Edwin Larkin.

WINGERT, J.

The question for decision is whether clause 2 of sec. 10 of art. I of the constitution of the United States prohibits the imposition of the city's general property tax on the veneer and lumber imported by the plaintiff from other nations, which are still in the original package or form in which imported, but which are held and needed for the manufacturer's current operational needs.

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