Honduras Commercial Co. v. State Board of Assessors
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. The Honduras Commercial Company was organized in October, 1887, under a statute of New Jersey entitled “An act concerning corporations,” approved April 7th, 1875. Rev., p. 175. Its certificate of incorporation is as follows: Certificate of Incorporation.
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On certiorari. The Honduras Commercial Company was organized in October, 1887, under a statute of New Jersey entitled “An act concerning corporations,” approved April 7th, 1875. Rev., p. 175. Its certificate of incorporation is as follows: Certificate of Incorporation. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: We, George M. Hall, of Hackensack, New Jersey, William A. Gay, of Newark, New Jersey, and William F. Chittenden, of Brooklyn, New York, citizens of the United States of America, do hereby associate ourselves together to create a corporation under and pursuant to the Act of the…
1Opinion of the Court
*282The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
The only ground of objection presented by counsel against this annual license fee or tax is, that it conflicts with the exclusive power of congress to regulate foreign' commerce.
The first answer to this objection is, that, so far as the ease-discloses, the company was not, when the tax was imposed,, engaged in commerce. Its sole business had been, and then-was, the purchase, occupation and development of certain lands-in the Republic of Honduras, and in this business its whole capital was invested.
Whether between those lands and the United…
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