Mid-States Freight Lines, Inc. v. Bates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBebgan, J.
The action is for a declaratory judgment to hold invalid on constitutional grounds the weight-distance tax on trucks provided by article 21 of the Tax Law, added by chapter 74 of the Laws of 1951. Injunctive relief is sought to restrain the enforcement of the tax.
The court at Special Term upheld the validity of the law; granted judgment for the defendants in consonance with its views on the constitutional questions raised; and the case is here on the plaintiffs’ appeal from the judgment and the order denying injunctive relief.
The statute under attack imposes, in terms, a “ highway use tax ”…
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