General Oil Co. v. Crain
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE ST.-jTE OF TENNESSEE. Plaintiff in error, which was also plaintiff in the courts below, invokes the protection of the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States against the collection of a tax for the inspection of certain of its oils in Tennessee.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE ST.-jTE OF TENNESSEE. Plaintiff in error, which was also plaintiff in the courts below, invokes the protection of the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States against the collection of a tax for the inspection of certain of its oils in Tennessee. The bill prayed an injunction against the defendant, based on the following facts summarized from the bill; The plaintiff is a Tennessee corporation with its principal place of business in Memphis, Tennessee. It is engaged in the manufacture and sale of coal oil and other illuminating oils in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. .Justice McKenna,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
It is contended by defendant in error that this court is without jurisdiction because no matter sought to be litigated by plaintiff in error was determined by the' Supreme Court of Tennessee. The court simply held, it is said, that, under the laws of the State, it had no jurisdiction to entertain the suit for any purpose. And it is insisted “that this holding involved' no Federal question, but only the powers and jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Tennessee,' in respect to which the Supreme Court…
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