Wells, Fargo & Company's Express v. Crawford County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court in Chancery. Jephtha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Bil.1 for injunction against the collection of tax alleged to be illegal.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court in Chancery. Jephtha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Bil.1 for injunction against the collection of tax alleged to be illegal. Wells, Fargo & Company’s Bxpress filed its complaint in the Crawford circuit court, alleging, in substance, that it is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of California for the purpose of doing a banking business and express business by land and water; that it is carrying on an express businéss in the state of California, and in and between many of the states of the United States, and also with foreign…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The main question that we are asked to determine in this case concerns the validity of an act of the general assembly of this state approved April 8, 1893, entitled “An act to assess and collect taxes from certain corporations.” (Acts 1893, p. 232.*)
This act requires that express companies and certain other corporations doing business in this state shall on the first Monday in July, 1893, and every second year thereafter, file with the board of railroad commissioners' of this state a statement or certificate, verified by oath, showing in detail, among…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Attorney General of CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Pacific Express Co. v. SeibertSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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