Pan American Airways Co. v. Godbold

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

KEMP, C. J.

This is a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court of the first judicial circuit in favor of Norman D. Godbold, Jr., Treasurer of the Territory of Hawaii (hereinafter called the defendant), in an action by Pan American Airways Company (hereinafter called the plaintiff) to recover moneys paid under protest for taxes claimed to be due from it to the Territory under the Hawaiian Fuel Tax Act. (R. L. H. 1935, c. 64.) The action is authorized by and was brought pursuant to section 571, R. L. H. 1935, to recover taxes admittedly paid by plaintiff under…