Legal Opinion
Bosworth v. Evansville & Bowling Green Packet Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 18, 1918PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of. ti-ie Court by
Judge Miller
Reversing..:■ The only question presented on this appeal is whether a non-resident steamboat company engaged in Kentucky,, in interstate as well as intrastate commerce is. liable to a franchise''tax iinder the statutes of this state.' Section. 4077 of the Kentucky Statutes reads, in part, as follows r.
*717“Every railway company or corporation and every other like company, corporation or association, also every other corporation . . . performing any public service, shall in addition to the other taxes imposed upon it by law, annually pay a tax on its franchise…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Gloucester Ferry Co. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
- State Tax Commission v. Central Greyhound LinesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Reeves, Com'r v. Service Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Allphin v. Ohio River Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1957
- Commonwealth ex rel. Reeves v. American Barge Line Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1952