Baltimore & OR Co. v. Board of Public Works

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company against the Board of Public Works of West Virginia, the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Tax Commissioner and Attorney General of that state and the sheriffs of the various counties in which the railroad company has property. The purpose of the suit is to enjoin the assessment or collection of taxes on a valuation of plaintiff’s property alleged to be excessive and discriminatory; to enjoin the institution of suit or other proceeding for the collection of the state privilege tax, alleged to be…