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Tax
Ziffrin, Inc. v. Martin, Commissioner of Revenue of Kentucky, et al.
308 U.S. 509·Supreme Court of the United States·1939
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Opinion
No. 8.
Ziffrin, Inc. v. Martin, Commissioner of Revenue of Kentucky, et al.
October 12, 1939.
Mr. Norton L. Goldsmith for the appellant.
[MAJORITY]
H. Clyde Reeves, Commissioner of Revenue of Kentucky, Member of Kentucky Tax Commission and Member of Kentucky State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, substituted as a party ap-pellee in the place and stead of James W. Martin, formerly Commissioner of Revenue of Kentucky, etc., per stipulation of counsel, on motion of