Widow & Heirs of De La Lande v. Treasurer of the State
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the supreme court of the State of Louisiana, by a writ of error, issued under the 25th section of the judiciary act. Mr. Dunbar moved the court to allow him to. strike out his • appearance for the State of Louisiana; and further moved the court to dismiss, the case, on the ground that no process had .been issued against, or served on, the chief executive magistrate and attorney-general of the State of Louisiana, under the 10th rule of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is brought here, by writ of error directed to the supreme court of. the State of Louisiana, under the 25th section of the act of 1789.
It appears that a proceeding was instituted in the state court by the treasurer of the State to recover certain taxes, alleged to be due from the plaintiffs in error, under a law of Louisiana, which imposes a tax of ten per cent, upon the amount of property inherited by aliens in that State.
The payment of the tax was resisted by the' plaintiffs in error; but the case was finally decided against.them in the supreme-court of Louisiana; and they…
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