Bowman v. Continental Oil Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO. The. case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This suit was brought by the Continental Oil Company against the Attorney General and certain other officials of the. State of New Mexico to restrain the enforcement against the company, a distributor of and dealer in gasoline and other petroleum products in that State, of the provisions, of an act of the Legislature (Laws New Mexico, 1919, c. 93, p. 182) imposing an excise tax of 2 cents for each gallon of gasoline sold or used, and ail annual license tax of $50 for each distributing station or place of business. The case was here before under the name of Askren v. Continental Oil Co., 252…
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