First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Maine

284 U.S. 312 (1932)

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, EXECUTOR,

v.

MAINE.

No. 171.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued December 10, 1931.

Decided January 4, 1932.

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MAINE.

Mr. Leonard A. Pierce, with whom Messrs. Charles L. Hutchinson, Herbert J. Connell, and Marion H. Fisher were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Clement F. Robinson, Attorney General of Maine, with whom Mr. Nathan W. Thompson was on the brief, for appellee.

The question presented for our determination by this appeal is whether the State of Maine has power, under the Fourteenth Amendment, to impose…