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MECHLIN v. COMPTROLLER OF TREASURY, RETAIL SALES TAX DIV.

No. 860, September Term, 1980.

48 Md. App. 242 (1981)

426 A.2d 1387

WILMER MECHLIN v. COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY, RETAIL SALES TAX DIVISION.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Clarke, with whom were Galiher, Clarke, Martell & Donnelly on the brief, for appellant.

Paul S. Sugar, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and THOMPSON and WEANT, JJ.

WEANT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

As to the astuteness of taxpayers in ordering their affairs so as to minimize taxes, we have said that "the very meaning of a line in the law is that you intentionally may go as close to it as you can if you do not pass it." Superior Oil Co. v. Mississippi, 280 U.S. 390, 395-396. This is so because "nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced...

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