Oldetyme Distillers, Inc. v. Gordy

COLEMAN, District Judge.

This is a suit, in equity to enjoin the defendant, Comptroller of the state of Maryland, from collecting from the complainant, a New Jersey corporation with a plant in Maryland for the manufacture of distilled spirits, an excise tax of 5 cents on each proof gallon of whisky or other spirits distilled for beverage purposes in Maryland, pursuant to the provisions of section 41B of article 2B of the Code of Public General Laws Supp. of Maryland 1935 (Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., c. 10, § 2, effective April 4, 1936). A prompt hearing following the issuance of a temporary…