Whittlesey v. Acme Brewing Co.
Whittlesey v. Acme Brewing Co.
Opinion of the Court
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
Paragraph twenty-eight of section two of the general tax act of 1905 reads as follows: “Upon every brewing company engaged in the business of brewing or manufacturing beer, three hundred dollars for each plant or brewery in this State, and upon all other persons, firms, or corporations who are engaged in the’ sale of beer, whether on consignment or otherwise, who have not paid the-tax as liquor dealers imposed by paragraph seventeen of this section, for each place of business, including all other persons, corporations, or agencies maintaining storage depots in this State for the sale-of beer in kegs or barrels in each county where they do business, three hundred dollars.” The tax-collector contends that, under this section, a brewing company located in one county of this State which has paid the tax of $300 “for each plant-or brewery,” imposed in the first part of the foregoing section of the act, is also liable to pay $300 under the provisions of the latter part of the section, because of the storage of beer in another county, from which orders by--an agent located there are filled.
The section of the act under consideration .first lays a special tax of $300 upon each brewing company for each 'plant or brewery in this State. It then levies a special tax of the same amount “upon all other persons, firms, or corporations who are engaged- in the. sale of beer, whether on consignment or otherwise, . . for each place of business, including all other persons, corporations, or agencies maintaining storage depots in this State,” etc. It is evident that, after referring to brewing companies, the expression “upon all other persons, firms, or corporations,” refers to those other than such brewing companies. This language divides the dealers in beer referred to into two classes, one comprising brewing companies, and the other dealers other than such companies. When, later in the paragraph, and in connection with the second class of dealers just mentioned, the language is used, “including all other
There was no error in granting the injunction.
Judgment affirmed.
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- Full Case Name
- WHITTLESEY v. ACME BREWING COMPANY
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- Published