Mellon Co. v. McCafferty
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review under § 237, Jud. Code, judgments of the state court where there are non-Federal grounds sufficient to sustain it irrespective of the Federal question involved, are stated in the opinion. The decision of the state court is contrary to and violates the provisions of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review under § 237, Jud. Code, judgments of the state court where there are non-Federal grounds sufficient to sustain it irrespective of the Federal question involved, are stated in the opinion. The decision of the state court is contrary to and violates the provisions of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Raymond v. Chicago Traction Co., 207 U. S. 20; Cummings v. Merchants’ National Bank, 101 U. S. 153. Under the facts alleged in its petition plaintiff in error was entitled to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
•The court below affirmed a decree of the trial court dismissing a bill filed by the plaintiff in error to enjoin the collection of state, county and city taxes assessed against it for the year 1910. 38 Oklahoma, 534. The ground for relief alleged was that the assessment had been unlawfully made as the result of an agreement between the city assessor and the county board of equalization,, with the approval of the state auditor, that the property of all corporations should be assessed at its true cash value while that of all individuals should be assessed at only sixty per cent, of its cash…
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