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Dalton Adding Machine Co. v. Virginia, 236 U.S. 699 (1915)
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Dalton Adding Machine Co. v. Virginia, 236 U.S. 699 (1915)
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Dalton Adding Machine Company v. Virginia No.190 Submitted March 8, 1915 Decided March 22, 1915 236 U.S. 699
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Syllabus
The rule that courts should not stop state officers charged with enforcing laws from performing their statutory duty for fear they should perform it wrongly applies especially in cases of taxes and license fees.
One carrying on business which he claims is interstate, and on which the state imposes a license tax, has an adequate remedy at law by paying the tax under protest and raising the constitutional question in a suit to recover it, and where, as in this case, no special hardship is shown, the general rule that equity will not enjoin the collection of taxes where there is an adequate remedy at law applies.
213 F. 889 affirmed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Dalton Adding Machine Co. v. Virginia, 236 U.S. 699 (1915) in 236 U.S. 699 236 U.S. 700. Original Sources, accessed September 14, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=I5VUS9P835B6U5H.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Dalton Adding Machine Co. v. Virginia, 236 U.S. 699 (1915), in 236 U.S. 699, page 236 U.S. 700. Original Sources. 14 Sep. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=I5VUS9P835B6U5H.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Dalton Adding Machine Co. v. Virginia, 236 U.S. 699 (1915). cited in 1915, 236 U.S. 699, pp.236 U.S. 700. Original Sources, retrieved 14 September 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=I5VUS9P835B6U5H.
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