McCall v. California

Citations

• 136 U.S. 104
• 10 S. Ct. 881
• 34 L. Ed. 391
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 2202

Syllabus

<p>■ An agency of a line of railroad between Chicago and New York, established in San Francisco .for the purpose of inducing passengers going from San Francisco to New York to take that line at Chicago, but not engaged in selling tickets for the route, or receiving or paying out money on account of it, is an agency engaged in interstate commerce; and a license-tax imposed upon the agent for the privilege of doing business in San Francisco is. a tax upon interstate commerce, and is unconstitutional.</p>