Ware Shoals Mfg. Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition in the original jurisdiction oí this Court by Ware Shoals Mfg. Co. for injunction against A. W. Jones, Comptroller General. cites: Can the Court grant an injunction in this case? Code 1902, secs. 412, 413, 414; 4 S. C., 520; 11 S. C., 510; 23 S. C., 70 ; 16 S. C., 32; 35 S. C., 227; 43 S. C., 547; 49 S. C., 190; 60 S. C., 1; 71 S. C., 234; 25 S. C., 416; 107 U. S., 711; 109 U. S., 446; 117 U. S., 256; 44 S. C., 256; 123 U. S., 443; 169 U. S., 466; 193 U. S., 490; 16…
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Petition in the original jurisdiction oí this Court by Ware Shoals Mfg. Co. for injunction against A. W. Jones, Comptroller General. cites: Can the Court grant an injunction in this case? Code 1902, secs. 412, 413, 414; 4 S. C., 520; 11 S. C., 510; 23 S. C., 70 ; 16 S. C., 32; 35 S. C., 227; 43 S. C., 547; 49 S. C., 190; 60 S. C., 1; 71 S. C., 234; 25 S. C., 416; 107 U. S., 711; 109 U. S., 446; 117 U. S., 256; 44 S. C., 256; 123 U. S., 443; 169 U. S., 466; 193 U. S., 490; 16 U. S., 194. Are the statutes prohibiting courts from restraining collection of illegal taxes constitutional? Code 1902,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
This is an application by the petitioner to this Court in its original jurisdiction for a writ of injunction'against the respondent as Comptroller General, whereby he should be perpetually 'enjoined from proceeding under an act of the General Assembly, the license act of 1904, amended in 1905, to assess and charge against petitioner a tax of one-half of one mill upon each dollar of its capital stock paid in and outstanding, amounting to the sum1 of five hundred dollars, and upon the refusal of the petitioner to pay said tax…
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