Arkansas Southern Railway Co. v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the validity of certain taxation on property claimed to be exempt under provisions of the constitution of the. State of Louisiana, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction. The Federal question was properly presented.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the validity of certain taxation on property claimed to be exempt under provisions of the constitution of the. State of Louisiana, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction. The Federal question was properly presented. Kansas City Power Co. v. Julian, 215 U. S. 589; Railway Co. v. Snell, 193 U. S. 30; Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas, 212 U. Si 322; Leathe v. Thomas, 207 U. S. 72; Southern R. R. Co. v. German National Bank, 207 TJ. S. 270, do not apply, but see Chambers v. Balt. & Ohio R. R. Co., 207 U. S. 142;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a writ of error to -reverse a decision of the Su-me Court of Louisiana granting an injunction to the plaintiff, the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company, the defendant in error, against the collection from it of a special tax in favor of the Arkansas^ Southern Railway Company, the plaintiff in error. 121 Louisiana, 997. The agreed facts are these. By Art. 230 of the state constitution of 1898 any railroad thereafter constructed before January 1, 1904, was to be exempt from taxation for' ten years from completion, upon certain conditions'. The plaintiff built its road through the…
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