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The Weekly Examiner
Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia
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In Berkeley Circuit Court, Martinsburg, W. Va., Judge Faulkner ruled against Hannis Distilling Company in a tax suit, upholding the assessment of 28,000 barrels of whiskey valued at $200,000 as company property. The company plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court; taxes total about $5,000.
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In the Berkeley Circuit Court at Martinsburg, W. Va., Judge Faulkner handed down his decision in the tax suit of the Hannis Distilling Company, of Martinsburg, against the Berkeley County Court, to compel the latter to remove from the assessment books 28,000 barrels of whiskey, valued at $200,000, which had been listed for taxation by County Assessor Ellis as the personal property of the distillery people Judge Faulkner decided that the whiskey had been properly listed for taxation and denied the appeal of the distilling company. The latter claims the whiskey is owned by other parties, non-residents of the state, and that the county has no right to assess it against the company. The case will be appealed to the State Supreme Court. The taxes involved amount to about $5,000.
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Martinsburg, W. Va.
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appeal denied; whiskey assessed for taxation at $200,000 value; taxes about $5,000; case to be appealed to state supreme court.
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Judge Faulkner ruled in Berkeley Circuit Court that 28,000 barrels of whiskey owned by Hannis Distilling Company were properly listed for taxation by County Assessor Ellis as the company's personal property, despite claims of non-resident ownership.