Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appt. v. Wirt Adams
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. No. 77 was a bill in equity filed by the railroad company, an Illinois corporation, against ’Wirt Adams, revenue agent, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, the' railroad commission of that State, and the Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Eailroad Company, a corporation of the State of Mississippi, to enjoin the railroad commission from approving and certifying an assessment for…
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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. No. 77 was a bill in equity filed by the railroad company, an Illinois corporation, against ’Wirt Adams, revenue agent, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, the' railroad commission of that State, and the Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Eailroad Company, a corporation of the State of Mississippi, to enjoin the railroad commission from approving and certifying an assessment for taxes on the Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Eailroad for any of the years from 188& to 1897 inclusive; also to enjoin the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
1. Motion was made to dismiss this bill upon the ground that the purpose and object of the original injunction bill have failed by reason of the fact that, (as appears from an affidavit filed by Adams in this court since the case was docketed here,) after the injunction was refused, and before the bill was finally dismissed or an appeal taken to this court, he filed a bill in equity in the chancery court of Clay County, Mississippi, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Company to collect the same taxes involved here, and in addition thereto the…
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