Kehrer v. Stewart
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF .GEORGIA. . This was an action by Kehrer against the tax collector of the county of Fulton in Georgia to recover back a tax of $200 with interest and costs, paid to Stewart under protest, such tax having been assessed against Kehrer under .the general tax law of the State, of December 21, 1900, which provided that there should be assessed and collected “upon all agents of packing houses doing business in this State, two hundred…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF .GEORGIA. . This was an action by Kehrer against the tax collector of the county of Fulton in Georgia to recover back a tax of $200 with interest and costs, paid to Stewart under protest, such tax having been assessed against Kehrer under .the general tax law of the State, of December 21, 1900, which provided that there should be assessed and collected “upon all agents of packing houses doing business in this State, two hundred dollars in each county where said business is carried on.” Petitioner charged the law to be a violation-of the Fourteenth…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case arose upon the following state of facts: Nelson Morris & Co., citizens of Illinois, were engaged, in the city of Chicago, in the business of packing meats for sale and consumption, and also had a pláce of business in Atlanta, Georgia, where they sold their products at wholesale, having in their employ several clerks and helpers, one of whom was the petitioner, who was employed as chief clerk and manager at a salary of $25 per week. The firm did not have anywhere within the State of Georgia any packing house for slaughtering, dressing, curing, packing cr manufacturing the products of…
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