Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. County of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A. J. Hill, County Counsel, and Gordon Boller, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtSloane, J.
The plaintiff is a foreign corporation engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of electrical machinery and appliances, with its factories and principal place of business at East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It maintains distributing and sales agencies for its products at various commercial centers throughout the United States and in foreign countries. One of these, serving the territory of Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and part of Texas, is located at Los Angeles.
The question presented by this appeal is the right of the state of California to levy and collect taxes upon the…
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