What was the supreme court decision in pollock v. farmers' loan and trust?

 The federal income tax was unconstitutional.

Explanation:

In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company (1895), the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional the income tax required by the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act, on account of being an unapportioned direct tax.

However, this decision would be outmoded in 1913 by the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which authorizes Congress to charge income taxes without distributing them amid the states.

the tariff was created to protect industry in the northern part of the united states. industries in the north were being driven out of business by imported goods that were priced at a low rate. the goal was to protect these industries   by taxing the goods.