Legal Opinion
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Holm
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 2, 1930No. 27,823PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1 Reported in 230 N.W. 815. The Railway Express Agency, Inc. successor to the American Railway Express Company, appealed from an order sustaining the defendant's demurrer to an alternative writ of mandamus.
Plaintiff seeks to have defendant register its motor vehicles and issue registration certificates without the payment of the registration tax. Much the same controversy has been here before. American Ry. Exp. Co. v. Holm, 169 Minn. 323, 211 N.W. 467, and again173 Minn. 72, 216 N.W. 542.
Plaintiff pays a tax equal to eight per cent of its gross earnings. L. 1913, c. 454, § 2, G. S. 1923 (1…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States Express Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Stearns v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Wright v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Hopkins v. Southern California Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- County of Ramsey v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Reed v. BjornsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1934
- Milwaukee Motor Transportation Co. v. Commissioner of TaxationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- State v. Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- State v. Minneapolis St. Louis Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- The Pullman Co. v. Commissioner of TaxationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
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