Legal Opinion
Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Fry
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1936No. Docket No. 84, Calendar No. 38,925PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wiest, J.,
This suit was brought by plaintiff to recover sales taxes, levied by the State board of tax administration, under claim of right by virtue of Act No. 167, Pub. Acts 1933, as amended by Act No. 77, Pub. Acts 1935, known as the general sales tax law, and paid by plaintiff under protest.
The declaration contains six counts.
Count One.
Under count one plaintiff seeks recovery of exacted taxes upon catalog orders of customers, forwarded by its retail stores to its mail order house in Chicago for acceptance, filling and shipment from there to or for such customers. Such catalog máil orders,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- International Textbook Co. v. PiggSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Minnesota v. BlasiusSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- East Ohio Gas Co. v. Tax Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Boyer-Campbell Co. v. FryMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by27 opinions
- People v. AstaMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
- Standard Oil Co. v. MichiganMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
- Gardner-White Co. v. State Board of Tax AdministrationMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- Howard Pore, Inc. v. State Commissioner of RevenueMichigan Supreme Court · 1948
- National Bank v. Department of RevenueMichigan Supreme Court · 1952
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