MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the Court.
The case presents the validity of state taxation on the franchise of the Oceanic Steamship Company, a corporation of the State of California.
There is no dispute of facts. The case turns entirely upon the law applicable to them. The Company was organized to engage under California laws in the transportation of freight and passengers between San Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands and certain foreign countries...
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