Legal Opinion

Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co. v. Nattin

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 25, 1932No. 6465PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a railroad company owning property in a regularly constituted drainage district, brought its bill to enjoin the collection of taxes amounting to $406.80, levied and assessed by the district for the year 1930, to pay interest on and provide a sinking fund for interest bearing bonds of the district in the,amount of $47,000 due twenty-five years from date, theretofore duly and regularly issued.

The bill did not attack the validity of either the district or the bond issue. It sought, by allegations that the property of the railroad was not at all benefited and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Risty v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Ogden City v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. KANS. CITY SO. RY. v. Road Imp. Dist. No. 6Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  4. Thomas v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Colvin v. JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Royalty Service Corporation v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
  2. Thomas H. May and David C. Vigil, for Themselves and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Supreme Court of the State of ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  3. Lutz v. Protective Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2004
  4. American Distilling Co. v. City of SausalitoDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1947
  5. Cook's Estate v. SheppardDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1934

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