State Ex Rel. United States Lines Co. v. Second Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Taber, J.:

This is an original proceeding in prohibition.

Petitioner, United States Lines Company, is now, and at the time of the assessment and other acts complained of in its petition was, a Nevada corporation, and the owner of certain ocean-going steamships, registered by petitioner at the port of New York in compliance with the United States shipping laws, and operated by petitioner exclusively in foreign commerce between the city of New York and certain foreign countries. None of said steamships have ever navigated or been used upon the waters of any river or lake…