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· 4/5/1886

Turpin v. Burgess

Citations

  • 117 U.S. 504
  • 6 S. Ct. 835
  • 29 L. Ed. 988
  • 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1866

Syllabus

<p>The exportation stamp required to be affixed to every package of tobacco intended for exportation, before its removal from the factory, again declared constitutional, and the decision in Pace v. Bwrgess, 92 U. S. 372, reaffirmed. ,</p> <p>An excise laid on tobacco, before its removal from the factory, is not a duty 'on “exports,” or “on articles exported,” within the prohibition of the Constitution, even though' the tobacco be intended for exportation. The case of Goe v. Errol, 116 U. S. 517, cited and applied.</p>

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  • sustaining, on similar grounds, constitutionality of charge imposed to identify tobacco packages intended for export
  • sustaining, on similar grounds, constitutionality of charge imposed to identify tobacco packages intended for export

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Judges: Bradley

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