Chicago Great Western Railway Company, Plff. In Err. v. State of Minnesota

216 U.S. 234

30 S.Ct. 353

54 L.Ed. 460

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Plff. in Err.,

v.

STATE OF MINNESOTA.

No. 377.

Argued and submitted November 8, 1909.

Decided February 21, 1910.

This suit, like that of the Great Northern R. Co. v. Minnesota, just decided [216 U. S. 206, 54 L. ed. ——, 30 Sup. Ct. Rep. 344] involves the constitutionality, as applied to the plaintiff in error, of chapter 253, General Laws of Minnesota of 1903, requiring every railroad company owning or operating any line of railway in that state to pay an annual tax, commencing with 1905, equal to 4 per cent of the gross…