Asher v. Texas

Citations

• 128 U.S. 129
• 9 S. Ct. 1
• 32 L. Ed. 368
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2201

Syllabus

<p>A State law exacting a license tax to enable a person within the State, to solicit orders and make sales there for a person residing within' another State, is repugnant to that clause of the Constitution of the United States which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several States, and is void.</p> <p>Robbins v. Shelby Taxing District, 120 U. S. 489, was carefully considered and is affirmed.</p> <p>Leloup v. Port of Mobile, 127 U. S. 640, to the same point received the unanimous concurrence of the court, and is affirmed.</p> <p>A decision of this court, not in harmony with some of its previous decisions, has the effect to overrule those with which it is in conflict, whether mentioned and commented on or not.</p>