Ma-King Products Co. v. Blair

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below the Ma-King Products Company, a corporate citizen of New Jersey, filed a bill in equity against David H. Blair, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. It alleged it had duly made application, accompanied by proper bond, to said commissioner for a permit to operate an alcohol denaturing plant; that under the law he was empowered and authorized to grant such permit, but he had “arbitrarily, illegally, and without any reason or warrant in law or in fact” disapproved the application and refused to issue the permit.. The bill prayed the court to revoke the…