People Ex Rel. Hatch v. . Reardon
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 1, 1906, which affirmed an order of Special Term dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the relator to custody.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 1, 1906, which affirmed an order of Special Term dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the relator to custody. On the 8th of June, 1905, the relator was arrested under a warrant issued by a justice of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of Hew York, charging him with the commission of a misdemeanor in that on the 7th of June, 1905, at the city of Hew York, he violated chapter 241 of the Laws of 1905 “ by the sale and delivery of certain shares of stock of…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
The issue of law joined by the petition, return and reply is whether the legislature had power to enact, and did in fact enact, chapter 241 of the Laws of 1905, which provides for a tax on the sale and transfer of stock certificates. That act is part of the Tax Law, which it amends by adding a new article known as number fifteen. It imposes a tax “ on all sales, or agreements to sell, or memoranda of sales or deliveries or transfers of shares or certificates of stock in any domestic or foreign association, company or corporation, made after the first day of June, 1905,” of two cents “on each…
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