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ST. LOUIS S.W. RY. CO. v. ARKANSAS

No. 119.

235 U.S. 350 (1914)

35 S.Ct. 99

59 L.Ed. 265

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William T. Wooldridge, with whom Mr. Samuel H. West, Mr. Edward A. Haid and Mr. Frank G. Bridges were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William H. Rector, with whom Mr. William L. Moose, Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, Mr. De E. Bradshaw, Mr. Lewis Rhoton and Mr. Thomas E. Helm were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The validity of Act No. 112, and of the tax that, pursuant to its provisions, has been levied against plaintiff in error, is questioned on the ground of repugnancy to the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States and the "due process" and "equal protection" clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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