Brown v. . Jackson

WALKER, J., not sitting; CLARK, C. J., concurring; ALLEN, J., dissenting, but agreeing that the statute is constitutional. An injunction was issued in this case restraining the defendant from collecting taxes assessed and levied upon certain shares of stock issued by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of Virginia, and belonging to the plaintiff and his associates. The injunction was returnable before Stacy,J., in the county of New Hanover, on 29 July, 1919. His Honor dissolved the injunction, and the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court. This action is brought to enjoin the sheriff…