Legal Opinion
Columbus & Greenville R. Co. v. Miller Ex Rel. Mississippi Levee Dist.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 13, 1931No. 195PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
On behalf of the Mississippi Levee District, the State Tax Collector of Mississippi sued the Columbus & Green-ville Railway Company to collect a tax for the years 1926 and 1927, under chapter 282 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1914, at the rate of $350 a mile on its main line within the District. The Railway Company had paid the tax at the rate of $50 a mile, pursuant to the provisions of an amending act, chapter 259 of the Laws of 1926, which fixed the tax at that rate for a railroad having less than twenty-five miles of main line within the district. The Railway Company fell within the…
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