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BACON & SONS v. MARTIN

No. 203.

305 U.S. 380 (1939)

59 S.Ct. 257

83 L.Ed. 233

J. BACON & SONS v. MARTIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles I. Dawson for appellant.

Messrs. Hubert Meredith, Attorney General of Kentucky, and M.B. Holifield, Assistant Attorney General, were on a brief for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff sought judgment declaring invalid a statute imposing a tax on "the receipt of cosmetics in the State by any Kentucky retailer,"1 as applied to articles purchased from manufacturers and dealers in other States and transported to plaintiff at its place of business in Kentucky. Plaintiff contended that the tax was on "the act of receiving" and hence was a direct burden upon interstate commerce. The Court of Appeals of...

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