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· 4/18/1877

Eyster v. Centennial Board of Finance

Citations

  • 94 U.S. 500
  • 24 L. Ed. 188
  • 1876 U.S. LEXIS 1897

How courts have described this case

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  • “[T]he receipts of the exhibition, over and above its current expenses, are the profits of the business.... They are, in fact, the net receipts, which, according to the common understanding, ordinarily represent the profits of a business.”

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Judges: Waite, Strong

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