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C. & J. Michel Brewing Co. v. State

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1905PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Original'action by the C. & J. Michel Brewing Company against the state and another. Where money is paid and received under a mistake of law, relief can be had in the courts of this state.

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Original'action by the C. & J. Michel Brewing Company against the state and another. Where money is paid and received under a mistake of law, relief can be had in the courts of this state. State v. Zophy, 14 S. D. 119; Bruner v. Stanton, 43 S. W. 411; Bruner v. Clay City, 38 S. W. 1062; Fecheimer v. Louisville, 2 S. W. 65; Louisville v. Anderson, 79 Ky. 344. Where the taxing officers of a state, under an unconstitutional law, by threats of imprisonment and destruction of the party’s property, with apparent power to carry such threats into effect, exacts a tax, the party so paying such tax…

1Opinion of the CourtHaney, J.

It is established by the pleadings that the plaintiff is a Wisconsin corporation engaged in manufacturing and selling lager beer and other malt liquors; that to facilitate the sale of its manufactured products in this state it operated warehouses or depositories at Sioux Falls, Salem, and Red-field; that it paid the state as license fees, under the provisions of chapter 72, p. 203, Laws of 1897, $300, about April 29, 1897, and $1,800 about July 1st in each year from 1897 to 1900, inclusive; that no part of these sums has been repaid; and that the plaintiff’s claim was presented to and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Weber v. KirkendallNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Lester v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
  3. Peebles v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  4. Wolfe v. MarshalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  5. Town of Brazil v. KressIndiana Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. City of Miami v. KoryDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Mullen v. DwightSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Security Nat. Bank of Watertown, SD v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  4. Amoco Oil Co. v. GomezDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2000
  5. Hood v. Sioux Steel Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1939

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