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· 5/25/1896

Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis

Citations

  • 163 U.S. 416
  • 16 S. Ct. 1113
  • 41 L. Ed. 211
  • 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2278

Syllabus

<p>The mandates in these cases (161 U. S. 134,) are recalled, and so much of the judgment of the state court as permits a recovery against the holders of the old stock in the bank is reversed; and the judgment, so far as it permits a recovery for taxes assessed against the holders of the new shares in the bank, is affirmed.</p>

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  • upholding the rule that a “claim for exemption must rest upon language in regard to which there can be no doubt as to its meaning, and that the exemption must be granted in terms too plain to be mistaken”
  • “[T]he claim for exemption must rest upon language in regard to which there can be no doubt as to its meaning, and ... the exemption must be granted in terms too plain to be mistak-en_”

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Judges: Peckham

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