City of Evansville v. Hall

Hall, the appellee, was a citizen and resident of the town of Princeton, in the county of Gibson, in the state of Indiana, and the owner of one hundred and eighty-five shares of the capital stock of the Evansville Insurance Company, located in the city of Evansville, in Vanderburgh county. Pie paid state, county, and corporation taxes on the stock in the county of Gibson, his residence. At the same time, the city of Evansville assessed a corporation tax on the same stock; and the question involved in the case is, whether the tax thus assessed by the city of Evansville is legal and valid. It…