Taylor v. Louisville & N. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company — a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Kentucky, and a citizen of that state — owns 519 miles of railroad in Tennessee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company — a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Kentucky, and a citizen of that state — owns 519 miles of railroad in Tennessee. It filed its bill in equity in the circuit court of the United States for the Middle district of Tennessee against R. L. Taylor, W. S. Morgan, and E. B. Craig, citizens of Tennessee, who constitute a board of equalization of the state of Tennessee, to enjoin them from certifying, in accordance with the act of the…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts, as above). The complainant below is a citizen of the state of Kentucky. The defendants are citizens of the state of Tennessee. The amount involved in the suit exceeds $2,000. The constitution and the laws of the United States confer upon circuit courts of the United States jurisdiction to hear and determine controversies in law and equity between citizens of different states in which is involved more than $2,000. There is no doubt, therefore, of the jurisdiction of the court below to hear and decide this case, unless the fact that the defendants were officers of the…
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