Ewing v. Leavenworth, 226 U.S. 464 (1913)

Name: Ewing v. Leavenworth, 226 U.S. 464 (1913) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Ewing v. Leavenworth

No. 6

Argued December 6, 1912
Decided January 6, 1913
226 U.S. 464

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

Syllabus

A license tax on express companies for receiving and sending packages to and from points within the state is not unconstitutional as an attempt to tax interstate commerce when applied to packages passing between such points by routes lying partly through another state. Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Pennsylvania, 145 U.S. 192, followed; Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Railway, 187 U.S. 617, distinguished.

80 Kan. 58 affirmed.

The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a license tax on express companies, are stated in the opinion.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ewing v. Leavenworth, 226 U.S. 464 (1913) in 226 U.S. 464 226 U.S. 465. Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=93DEJSLGPEINZLP.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ewing v. Leavenworth, 226 U.S. 464 (1913), in 226 U.S. 464, page 226 U.S. 465. Original Sources. 17 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=93DEJSLGPEINZLP.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ewing v. Leavenworth, 226 U.S. 464 (1913). cited in 1913, 226 U.S. 464, pp.226 U.S. 465. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=93DEJSLGPEINZLP.

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