John Laing v. Fred L. Fox, State Tax Commissioner of the State of West Virginia

293 U.S. 525

• Court: Supreme Court of the United States
• Decided: October 22, 1934
• Docket: 433
• Status: Published

Opinion

293 U.S. 525

55 S.Ct. 126

79 L.Ed. 636

John LAING, appellant,
v.
Fred L. FOX, State Tax Commissioner of the State of West Virginia.

No. 433.

Supreme Court of the United States

October 22, 1934

Mr. Arthur S. Dayton, of Charleston, W. Va., for appellant.

Mr. Homer A. Holt, for appellee.

For opinion below, see 175 S. E. 354.

PER CURIAM.

The motion of appellee to dismiss the appeal herein is granted, and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial Federal question. (1) Southwestern Oil Co. v. Texas, 217 U. S. 114, 121, 30 S. Ct. 496, 54 L. Ed. 688; Brown-Forman Co. v. Kentucky, 217 U. S. 563, 572 et seq., 30 S. Ct. 578, 54 L. Ed. 883; American Sugar Refining Co. v. Louisiana, 179 U. S. 89, 95, 21 S. Ct. 43, 45 L. Ed. 102; Hicklin v. Coney, 290 U. S. 169, 176, 54 S. Ct. 142, 78 L. Ed. 247. (2) League v. Texas, 184 U. S. 156, 161, 22 S. Ct. 475, 46 L. Ed. 478; Kentucky Union Co. v. Kentucky, 219 U. S. 140, 152-153, 31 S. Ct. 171, 55 L. Ed. 137; A. Magnano Co. v. Hamilton, 292 U. S. 40, 44, 54 S. Ct. 599, 78 L. Ed. 1109. (3) Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Meyer, 265 U. S. 30, 32, 33, 44 S. Ct. 432, 68 L. Ed. 885; Hicklin v. Coney, 290 U. S. 169, 172, 54 S. Ct. 142, 78 L. Ed. 247; Hartford Accident & Ind. Co. v. N. O. Nelson Mfg. Co., 291 U. S. 352, 358, 54 S. Ct. 392, 78 L. Ed. 840; Swiss Oil Corporation v. Shanks, 273 U. S. 407, 413, 47 S. Ct. 393, 71 L. Ed. 709.