McLaughlin v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Suit in equity by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company against W. H. McLaughlin and others. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
The appellants have appealed from a decree which adjudged that the assessment of benefits in the sum of $20,000 against the appellee by the board of assessors of road improvement district No. 5, of Lonoke county, Ark., was void, and which perpetually enjoined said board, the board of commissioners of said *580district, E. M. High, as county clerk, and Pat M. Swain, as collector, from enforcing or attempting to enforce any collection of taxes based upon said assessment.
[ 1 ] This decree was entered upon pleadings and proofs upon a bill in equity filed by appellee, a Missouri…
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