Ratterman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, WESTERN DIVISION. The case, as stated by the court, .was as follows: These are cross appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio, W estern Division. The suit was begun. by a bill of complaint, filed by the Western Union Telegraph Company against Frank Katterman, treasurer of Hamilton County, in the State of Ohio.
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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, WESTERN DIVISION. The case, as stated by the court, .was as follows: These are cross appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio, W estern Division. The suit was begun. by a bill of complaint, filed by the Western Union Telegraph Company against Frank Katterman, treasurer of Hamilton County, in the State of Ohio. As the bill is not very long, it is here presented in full: “ To the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio, Western…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Miller,
after stating the case; delivered the opinion of the court.
The. case has been fully argued before us upon all the matters properly presented by .the record, and it seems probable from the amicable nature of the proceedings and the agreement as to a statement of- facts upon which the case was to be tried, without any answer being filed to the bill, that the purpose,was to obtain the judgment of this court upon the general subject of the liability of the corporation to taxation upon the amount of its receipts, and that the certificate of a difference of opinion has been used…
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- Reading Railroad Company v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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- Telegraph Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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