Bright v. Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas; F. A. Youmans, Judge. Petitions by the State of Arkansas and others against R. C. Bright and J. F- Felker, receivers of the Kansas City & Memphis Railway Company, appointed in the case of Riley v. Kansas City & Memphis Railway Company. From a decree directing the receivers to pay certain taxes, with penalties, they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is a companion case to No. 4961, of like title (249 Fed. 950, — C. C. A.-), in which the opinion is filed herewith. Reference is made to the opinion in that case, for a more general statement of the facts and of the reasons for the conclusion in this case. Upon intervening petitions of the state of Arkansas, the county of Washington, and the collector of Benton county in Riley v. Kansas City & Memphis’ Railway Company, the court below ordered its receivers to pay the taxes for the years 1913, 1914, and 1915, and the penalties for failure to pay those taxes which…
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