Rudolph v. Potomac Electric Power Co.

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellee company filed a bill in equity in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, seeking to have declared unlawful and void certain assessments and taxes levied by the defendant District on the poles, wires, conduits, and lamps used by the plaintiff in connection with its business.

Prom a decree declaring the taxes levied on said property and the sales for nonpayment thereof to have been imposed and made without warrant or authority of law, and annulling, canceling, and declaring the same void ab initio, and enjoining the defendant commissioners to cancel…