Paul v. Pacific R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
[Bills by Amos Paul against Pacific Railroad Company, Dunc-an S. Parnyely against St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Company, and Ozias Bailey against Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company.] These bills In equity were filed for an injunction and relief against taxes assessed for the year 1873, upon the property of the Pacific and certain other railroads in the state of Missouri...
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[Bills by Amos Paul against Pacific Railroad Company, Dunc-an S. Parnyely against St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Company, and Ozias Bailey against Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company.] These bills In equity were filed for an injunction and relief against taxes assessed for the year 1873, upon the property of the Pacific and certain other railroads in the state of Missouri... Temporary' injunctions were allowed on certain conditions; for reasons which were stated at the time, and which will be seen by Parmely v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. R. Co. [Cases Nos. 10,767 and 10,768. See,…
1Opinion of the Court
DILLON, Circuit Judge,
in disposing of the cases, delivered an oral opinion, substantially as follows:
These cases concerning railroad taxes, which we have had before us for some time, were, at the outset, and perhaps are still, very important.
Bills were originally presented to me for the granting of temporary injunctions. After hearing the parties, I allowed temporary injunctions until the term when the supreme court justice allotted to this circuit — Mr. Justice MILLER — -was to be here, at which time we had a very full argument before all three of us, Judge TREAT sitting at our request. It…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ketchum v. Pacific R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1876
3Cited by1 opinion
- Wallace v. BullenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1898