Legal Opinion
State v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1940PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chirp Justice, Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit by the State to recover an imposition placed by Code, sections 6817 et seq., upon the sale, use and storage of petroleum 'products during the period September 5, 1933 — June 30, 1937. From a decree for the State, the defendant has appealed.
The defendant owns and operates lines of railroad through the States of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky, and brings to Nashville, Tennessee, from other States considerable quantities of oil, gasoline, etc. These products come to Nashville in tank cars, where the contents are…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nashville, C. & St. LR Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Texas Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Pure Oil Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- King v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Texas Co. v. McCanlessTennessee Supreme Court · 1941
- Tennessee Gas Co. v. McCanlessTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
- Memphis Fire Insurance Co. v. TidwellTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- Heyden Chemical Corp. v. EvansTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- Saturn Corp. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007
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