Legal Opinion
Fraser v. McConway & Torley Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Decided August 26, 1897PublishedCited by 21 opinions
This was a suit by Jobn Fraser, a subject-of the queen of Great Britain, against the McConway & Torley Company, a corporation of the state of Pennsylvania. The cause was heard on demurrer to the bill of complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
The first section of an act of assembly of the state of Pennsylvania approved the 15th day of June, 1897, provides :
“That all persons, firms, associations, or corporations employing one. or more foreign horn unnaturalized male persons over twenty-one years of age within this commonwealth, shall he and are hereby taxed at the rate of three cents per day for each day each of such foreign horn unnaturalized male persons may he employed, which tax shall he paid into the respective county treasuries; one-half of which tax to fie distributed among the respective school…
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