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...many have settled down at one spot. The question thus arises: Is the trailer a taxable home or a nontaxable automobile accessory? Last week, in tiny Orchard Lake, Mich., the first court to study the question handed down an answer of tremendous importance to the rapidly growing horde of trailerfolk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Trailer Test | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...floor space. Gumarsol retorted that his trailer was licensed as an automobile accessory. Legally, the case thus hinged on a single local law. But all participants admitted that it pointed up the greater issues of whether trailers should be taxed as personal property or as realty, and whether trailerfolk may continue their present carefree, taxfree, squatter way of life or are to be regulated by a set of brand-new laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Trailer Test | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

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