Michigan Supreme Court May 25, 1867 (Fifield v. Close)

Campbell J.

There is but one question raised in this ease, and that is, whether the stamp tax on legal process in state courts is valid. The power of 'Congress to impose such a charge, as a condition upon litigation, is denied by the plaintiff in error, as inconsistent with the control which the Constitution of the United States guarantees- to the state *506authorities over all such matters as