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MISSOURI v. GEHNER

No. 222.

281 U.S. 313 (1930)

50 S.Ct. 326

74 L.Ed. 870

MISSOURI EX REL. MISSOURI INSURANCE COMPANY v. GEHNER, ASSESSOR OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph T. Finley, with whom Messrs. James C. Jones, Lon O. Hocker, Frank H. Sullivan, and James C. Jones, Jr., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Oliver Senti, First Associate City Counselor of St. Louis, with whom Messrs. Julius T. Muench, City Counselor, Stratton Shartel, Attorney General of Missouri, and Lieutellus Cunningham, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant is an insurance company organized under the laws of Missouri. It maintains that as construed in this case § 6386, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1919, is repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Section 6386 provides:

"The property of all insurance companies organized under the laws of this state shall be subject to taxation...

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