Legal Opinion

Whitney Nat. Bank v. Parker

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana

Decided January 25, 1890PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Equity. Bills for an injunction.

1Per curiam

These are suits brought to restrain the tax collecting officers of the state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans from proceeding to collect certain taxes assessed against the shares in three national banks on the ground that they are assessed contrary to the provisions of law. They are brought by injunction bills on the equity side of the court.

The first objection urged to the complaints is that they are improperly brought on the equity side of the court, for the reason that there is a complete and adequate remedy at law. Of course, they cannot be maintained as equity suits unless they…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Taylor v. SecorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Cummings v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Van Allen v. AssessorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  4. Mercantile Bank v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. Supervisors v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1882

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Manufacturers National Bank v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  2. In re Feliciana Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  3. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. LopezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Northwestern Loan & Banking Co. v. MuggliSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Libby v. CramerDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1920

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