Legal Opinion
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Wallace
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 6, 1933No. 176PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.-Justice Stone
delivered the opinion of the Court-
Appellant brought suit in-the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, under the Uniform Declara- ' tory Judgments Act of that state,1 c. 29, Tennessee Public Acts, 1923, to secure a judicial declaration that a state excise tax levied on the storage of gasoline, ,c. 58, Tennessee Public Acts, 1923, as amended by c. 67,. Tennessee •Public Acts, 1925, is, as applied to appellant, invalid under the commerce clause and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. A decree for appellees was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the…
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