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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington affirmed judgments with costs in two Virginia tax cases appealed by the General Railways Signal Company and Dalton Adding Machine Company against the commonwealth of Virginia. Justice McReynolds ruled the $1,000 tax fee on out-of-state companies reasonable due to their intrastate business.
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Washington, April 16—The supreme court of the United States yesterday affirmed, with costs, judgments in the two tax cases from Virginia, appealed here by the General Railways Signal Company and the Dalton Adding Machine Company, respectively, against the commonwealth of Virginia on relation of the state corporation commission. Both opinions were written and read by Justice McReynolds, whose opinion was strong and unqualified.
Justice McReynolds held that the fee of $1,000 fixed by the commonwealth as a tax on outside companies doing business in the state was not unreasonable. He held that the testimony showed the companies defendant had done a considerable intrastate business, sufficient to bring them within the scope of the statute.
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Washington
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April 15
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judgments affirmed with costs against the companies; $1,000 tax fee held not unreasonable.
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The Supreme Court affirmed judgments in two tax cases from Virginia appealed by the General Railways Signal Company and the Dalton Adding Machine Company against the commonwealth of Virginia on relation of the state corporation commission. Both opinions written by Justice McReynolds, who held the companies had done considerable intrastate business sufficient to bring them within the statute.