Legal Opinion

Union Electric Co. v. Morris

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 11, 1949No. Nos. 41093, 41094PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Defendants have appealed from decrees enjoining the collection of $47,646.25 of the corporation franchise tax assessed against respondent for the year 1946 and $47,226.25 of such tax assessed against respondent for the year 1947. A construction of Sec. 135 of the General and Business Corporation Act, Laws 1943, pp. 410, 475, Sec. 4997.135 R.S.A. is required.

The facts are not in dispute and the cause was submitted upon the pleadings. Respondent, a domestic corporation, owned the shares of stock of two Illinois corporations which were not engaged in business in the state of Missouri. None of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cummins v. Kansas City Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  2. Artophone Corporation v. CoaleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  3. State Ex Inf. McKittrick v. Carolene ProductsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  4. State Ex Rel. Ford Motor Co. v. GehnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  5. Richardson v. BuschSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. City of St. Joseph v. HankinsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  2. Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. CalvertTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  3. City of Kirkwood v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. Garrard v. State Department of Public Health & WelfareMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
  5. A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. v. Missouri State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955

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