Meyer v. State Board of Equalization

42 Cal.2d 376 (1954)

H. L. E. MEYER, JR., et al., Respondents,

v.

STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Appellant.

Sac. No. 6273.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Mar. 1, 1954.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine and Irving H. Perluss, Assistant Attorneys General, and Norman B. Peek, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant.

Anthony J. Kennedy and Carl Kuchman for Respondents.

EDMONDS, J.

H. Meyer and B. Meyer, doing business as H. L. E. Meyer, Jr. and Company, paid retail sales taxes on shipments of coke from an Illinois manufacturer to various consumers in California. In computing the taxes,…