Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. These three cases were argued together. The purpose of each suit is to enjoin the assessment and collection of taxes. A temporary restraining order was obra inca! in eacli case, a motion made for an injunction, and a motion made by. the defendants to discharge the restraining order.
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. These three cases were argued together. The purpose of each suit is to enjoin the assessment and collection of taxes. A temporary restraining order was obra inca! in eacli case, a motion made for an injunction, and a motion made by. the defendants to discharge the restraining order. The court in each case refused the injunction, and granted the motion to discharge the restraining order. The complainants brought the eases by appeal to this court. In the case of the Illinois Central Railroad Company…
1Opinion of the CourtShelby, Circuit Judge
The appeals in these cases are taken from interlocutory decrees of the circuit court, each discharging a restraining order and refusing to grant an injunction. The act of February 18, 1895 (31 C. C. A. xlii., 90 Fed. xlii.), amending the seventh section of the act to establish the circuit courts of appeals, provides:
“That whore, upon a hearing in equity in a district court or a circuit court, an injunct ion shall bo granted, continued, refused or dissolved by an interlocutory order or decree or an application to dissolve an injunction shall tie refused in a case in which an appeal from a…
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- Town of Westerly v. Westerly WaterworksCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1896
- City of Indianapolis v. Central Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897
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