Walter v. Northeastern Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF.-THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was a bill in equity filed by the Northeastern Railroad Company of South Carolina against the treasurer and sheriff of Charleston, Berkeley, Williamsburg and Florence Counties, through which the plaintiff’s road passes, to enjoin them from issuing executions against or seizing the property of the plaintiff for the purpose of collecting a tax based upon an assessment alleged to be…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF.-THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was a bill in equity filed by the Northeastern Railroad Company of South Carolina against the treasurer and sheriff of Charleston, Berkeley, Williamsburg and Florence Counties, through which the plaintiff’s road passes, to enjoin them from issuing executions against or seizing the property of the plaintiff for the purpose of collecting a tax based upon an assessment alleged to be unconstitutional and void. The substance of the bill was that the constitution of the ■ State-provided for a uniform and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Objection was taken to the jurisdiction of the court below upon the grounds, first, that the matter in controversy with each of the defendants was less than $2000; and second, be cause the plaintiff, had a complete and adequate remedy at law.. With regard .to the amount in controversy, it is averréd in the bill that, the plaintiff returned, as required by law, its "real and personal property for taxation at a “valuation of the samé according to, and under the uniform rules and methods of. valuation adopted for the taxation of similar real and personalproperty,” and tendered to the county…
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