Kansas City v. J. I. Case Threshing MacHine Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at May Term, 1935, July 10, 1935; motion for rehearing filed: motion overruled at September Term, October 18, 1935. This is a proceeding by writ of error to review the conviction and fine assessed against defendants for violating an ordinance of Kansas City requiring payment of an occupation tax. The case was tried de novo in the circuit court upon an appeal from the municipal court upon an agreed statement of facts, as follows:

"The J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and as such foreign corporation is…