In Re Gross Production Tax of Wolverine Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Original action between the State Board of Equalization and E. B. Howard, as State Auditor, and the Wolverine Oil Company, to determine the validity of portions of the act of March 11, 1915, as provided for by said act, and pursuant to section 5303, Rev. Laws 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.
The importance of the legal questions presented .by the present controversy is readily apparent, when it is known that there is involved many provisions of the state Constitution, both conferring power and con-, taining limitations upon the Legislature in the exercise of the taxing power of the state; also ' the right of the state constitutionally to impose taxes of certain kinds, due to the fact that a considerable portion of the oil and gas production of the state is carried on through the instrumentality of a federal agency; also there is presented the question whether the tax levy denies…
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