Susquehanna Coal Co. v. Mayor and Council of South Amboy
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. The facts, which involve the right of the State to tax coal brought from another State while it is awaiting shipment to ports in other States and countries, are stated in 'the dpinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Bill in equity to restrain the collection of taxes levied by the City of South .Amboy upon coal belonging to plain tiff in error on the ground that the coal was in transit from points in the State of Pennsylvania through the State of New Jersey to destinations outside of the latter State and being, as it is alleged, in interstate commerce, the taxes on it were illegally levied because in contravention of the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States.
Plaintiff in error is a Pennsylvania corporation and a dealer in coal, buying three-fifths of what it sold in the years 1906, 1907…
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