Hump Hairpin Manufacturing Co. v. Emmerson

In 1918 the defendant in error, as Secretary of State, assessed a tax of $6,045 upon the plaintiff in error, a cor-’ poration organized under the laws of West Virginia, for the privilege of doing business in the State of Illinois. The tax was .paid under protest and this suit was instituted to recover the amount of it, based upon the contention that the statute under which it was imposed offends against the Federal Constitution for various reasons, the only one argued in this court, however, being that, if given effect, it will constitute a regulation of, and impose a direct burden upon,…