St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Davis
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas
In Equity. On demurrer for want of jurisdiction. ■
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
The complainant and several other railroads seek to enjoin the defendants from certifying the assessment made by them as a state board of the property of the railroads to the assessors of the various counties, for the purpose of having them placed upon the tax books. The bill is very ably drawn, setting up the facts very fully, and at the same time as concisely as possible. The material allegations, so far as they are necessary to a correct understanding of the issues involved on this demurrer to the jurisdiction, may be briefly stated as follows:
The complainant is a…
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