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RALEY & BROS. v. RICHARDSON

No. 152.

264 U.S. 157 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 256

68 L.Ed. 615

J.E. RALEY & BROTHERS, ET AL. v. RICHARDSON, TAX COLLECTOR OF FULTON COUNTY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 18, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.B. Weatherly and Mr. John P. Ross for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Geo. M. Napier, Attorney General, Mr. T.R. Gress, Assistant Attorney General, of the State of Georgia, and Mr. Frank Carter for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

A statute of Georgia (Acts 1921, p. 46, par. 30) imposes a flat tax of $100 upon any broker or commission merchant buying or selling merchandise on commission for another, or engaged in the business of receiving or distributing articles of merchandise shipped to such broker or merchant for distribution on account of the shipper. The bill filed below sought to enjoin the collection of the tax on the ground...

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