Pullman Co. v. Montgomery

BORAH, District Judge.

Plaintiff, an Illinois corporation engaged in the business of furnishing sleeping and parlor ears to the railroads for the transportation of passengers, brings this suit in equity against defendants, state tax officials, to enjoin the collection of a'state license tax. On motion of the attorneys for the plaintiff, the Pullman Company, a District.Court of three judges was organized and convened to hear its application for an interlocutory injunction, a preliminary restraining order having been granted without notice because of the danger of irreparable injury resulting by…