Preston v. Chicago, St. L. & N. O. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky. Suit in equity by A. J. Preston against the Chicago, St. Rouis & New Orleans Railroad Company. Decree (175 Fed. 487) for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN, District Judge.
This case is similar to that of Preston v. Sturgis Milling Company, 183 Fed. 1, in which an opinion has *21been banded down simultaneously herewith in that it is a suit to recover a portion of the tax levied under the acts of the Legislature of Kentucky therein referred to. It differs in that the suit is against a public service corporation, to wit, a railroad! company. At the time of the levy of the tax, the appellee’s railroad ran through Casey-ville district involved in the case of Preston v. Sturgis Milling Company, and also through Lindle Mills district involved in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Covington v. District of HighlandsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Preston v. Sturgis Milling Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
- City of Lexington v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Commonwealth v. Chesapeake & Ohio R'y Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- Preston v. CallowayCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
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