Legal Opinion

Gafill v. Bracken, Auditor

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 7, 1924No. 24,429PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEwbank, J.

Appellant sued appellee, as auditor of state, seeking to restrain him, by injunction, from taking any steps toward enforcing the act which imposes a tax of two cents a gallon on gasoline sold or used for certain purposes (Acts 1923 pp. 532-537), particularly demanding that he be forbidden to expend any money from the state treasury or to incur any expense on behalf of the state to put the act into effect, and that he be forbidden to exact payment of the tax of two cents per gallon on such gasoline. A demurrer was sustained to the complaint, and, upon the refusal of appellant to amend or plead…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bowman v. Continental Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Carr v. State ex rel. CoetlosquetIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
  3. State Board of Tax Commissioners v. HollidayIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  4. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Standard Oil Co. v. BrodieSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State Bd. of Tax Commr's of Ind. v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Miles v. Department of TreasuryIndiana Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Chicago Motor Club v. KinneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Lutz, Atty.-Gen. v. Arnold, Atty. Tr.Indiana Supreme Court · 1935
  5. The People v. Deep Rock Oil Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1931

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