Looney, Attorney General of Texas v. Crane Co
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion. The statutes in question do not seek to lay a charge or tax upon any foreign corporation seeking to do an interstate business only. Alden v. Jones Buggy Co., 91 Texas, 22; Gaar, Scott & Co. v. Shannon, 223 U. S. 468; find other Texas pases.
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion. The statutes in question do not seek to lay a charge or tax upon any foreign corporation seeking to do an interstate business only. Alden v. Jones Buggy Co., 91 Texas, 22; Gaar, Scott & Co. v. Shannon, 223 U. S. 468; find other Texas pases. The State has a perfect right to charge for and tax the privilege of doing local business and measure the amount of the charge or tax by the capital of the .corporation, including receipts or property employed in. part in interstate…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Chartered in 1865 by the legislature of Illinois, the Crane Company had its domicile and principal" establishment at Chicago. It carried on its chartered business of manufacturing and dealing in hardware, railway supplies, building materials, agricultural implements, etc., not only in Illinois but in other States, by the shipment of merchandise on orders obtained through the solicitation of. its agents and sent to Chicago for execution, or orders sent to Chicago through the mail. The company, moreover, established agencies in other States to which goods were also shipped from Chicago or from…
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