City of Parkersburg v. Baltimore & O. R.

The defendant in error, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, hereinafter called the railroad, on the 10th of April, 1894, filed its bill in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia, against the plaintiff in error, the city of Parkersburg, hereinafter called the city, the purpose of which was to enjoin the collection of a city tax for the year 1893 of $1,042.73, claimed to be due by the railroad to the city, and by an amended bill filed on the 6th of August, 1895, the railroad company sought to enjoin the collection of another sum of $1,042.73, city tax for the…