Dawson v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP KENTUCKY. APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP'THE UNITED STATES POR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP KENTUCKY. Direct appeals, under Jud. Code, § 266, from orders granting interlocutory injunctions. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
On March 12,1920, the Legislature of Kentucky passed and the Governor approved an act-which imposed upon every person engaged in the business of manufacturing whisky or “in the business of owning,and storing ” the same in bonded warehouses within the State what was called an “annual license tax” of fifty cents a gañón upon all whisky either withdrawn from bond or7 transferred in bond from Kentucky to a point outside thatJState. Acts 1920, c. 13. The act took effect, by its terms, on its approval by the Governor. At that time there were stored in such bonded warehouses about 30,000,000 gallons…
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