Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Greeley v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1924No. 180PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
This is an action to recover the amount of certain taxes levied for the fiscal years 1913 and 1914 and paid under protest. The court below sustained a demurrer to the amended complaint, and, plaintiff electing to stand thereon, entered judgment of dismissal.
Reversal of the judgment is sought here on the ground that the taxes were assessed and collected in contravention of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and of § 5219, U. S. Rev. Stats.
Under the Colorado statute, R. S. Colo. 1908, c. 122, a bank is required to make a list of its shares, stating their…
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