Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Taggart
Supreme Court of the United States
-ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TNUTANA. This was a bill in equity, filed December 19, 1898, in the Circuit Court of the county of Marion and State of Indiana, by the Western Union Telegraph Company against Thomas Taggart,..the,auditor of that county, anc| Sterjliiig R. Holt, its treasurer, and against the auditors and treasurers of'other counties of Indiana, to restrain them from apportioning and collecting a tax assessed upon-the plaintiff by the board of tax…
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-ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TNUTANA. This was a bill in equity, filed December 19, 1898, in the Circuit Court of the county of Marion and State of Indiana, by the Western Union Telegraph Company against Thomas Taggart,..the,auditor of that county, anc| Sterjliiig R. Holt, its treasurer, and against the auditors and treasurers of'other counties of Indiana, to restrain them from apportioning and collecting a tax assessed upon-the plaintiff by the board of tax commissioners of the State, under the statute of Indiana of March 6, 1893, c: 171, the material ¡pArfcs of which are…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
It is not and cannot be doubted that each State of the Union may tax all property, real and personal, within its borders, belonging to persons or corporations, although employed in interstate or foreign commerce, provided the rights and powers of the National Government are not interfered with. Delaware Railroad Tax case, 18 Wall. 206, 232; Telegraph Co. v. Texas, 105 U. S. 460, 464; Western Union Tel. Co. v. Massachusetts, 125 U. S. 530; Marye v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 127 U. S. 117, 123, 124; Leloup v. Mobile, 127 U. S. 640, 649; Pullman's Co. v. Pennsylvania, 141 U. S. 18; Cleveland…
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