Copp v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by C. H. Copp and others against the State and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, PRESIDENT:
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Ohio county, rendered January 15, 1910, exonerating the Old Customs House and Post Office lot and building in the City of Wheeling from taxes assessed thereon for the year 1909. The case presents for decision two questions. (1) Jurisdiction in this Court; (2) the right of a state to levy taxes upon real estate to which the United States had the legal title, and upon which it holds a lien for the purchase money. The judgment complained of was rendered by the circuit court upon an appeal awarded by it to C. H.…
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