UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. STATE TAX COM'N

No. 10710.

19 Utah 2d 92 (1967)

426 P.2d 231

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, v. STATE TAX COMMISSION OF UTAH, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Dissenting Opinions May 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan P. Leverich, A.U. Miner, Howard F. Coray, Scott M. Matheson and Norman W. Kettner, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Henry L. Adams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant.


ELLETT, Justice.

This case involves the question of whether a railroad in interstate commerce is a commercial or an industrial enterprise. If it be industrial, it escapes retail sales taxes and use taxes on fuel oil which it buys and uses to propel its engines.

Our statute exempts from the taxes the sale of coal, fuel oil, etc., except those sold or furnished for domestic or commercial consumption. (Emphasis added.) (Section 59-15-4[a] and [b...

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