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EWING V. LEAVENWORTH, 226 U. S. 464 (1913)
226 U. S. 464U.S. Supreme Court
Ewing v. Leavenworth, 226 U.S. 464 (1913)
Ewing v. Leavenworth
No. 6
Argued December 6, 1912
Decided January 6, 1913
226 U.S. 464
Syllabus
A license tax on express companies for receiving and sending packages to and from points within the state is not unconstitutional as an attempt to tax interstate commerce when applied to packages passing between such points by routes lying partly through another state. Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Pennsylvania, 145 U. S. 192, followed; Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Railway, 187 U. S. 617, distinguished.
80 Kan. 58 affirmed.
The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a license tax on express companies, are stated in the opinion. clubjuris