BAILEY v. RAILROAD COMPANY


89 U.S. 604 (____)

22 Wall. 604

BAILEY v. RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.H. Williams, Attorney-General, and Mr. S.F. Phillips, for the plaintiff in error:

Messrs. Roscoe Conkling and S.T. Fairchild, contra:


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD, having stated the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Authority to tax the plaintiffs in this case, if it existed at all was derived from that clause of the Internal Revenue Act which provides to the effect that dividends declared by a railroad company, in scrip or money, due and payable to their stockholders, as part of the earnings, profits, income, or...

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