State v. Arnold Vogl, Edith Vogl & Erna Fisher, Co-Partners in Trade Under Name of Riviera Packing Co.

This is an action of debt brought by the State of Maine in the Superior Court for Kennebec County against the defendants, co-partners doing business under the firm name of Riviera Packing Company, to recover a tax on cases of sardines. The defendants filed a brief statement with the plea of general issue stating that no can used is designated a “15-ounce oval” and that the net contents of all oval cans packed by the defendants weighed one pound or more. The case comes to the Law Court on report. The court is to determine the legal rights and to render final judgment.

The issue is agreed to be…