Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA. The plaintiff in error commenced this action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana, to recover from the defendant the amount of certain back taxes, which it alleged had been illegally assessed and'which it had been compelled to pay in order to prevent the seizure and sale' of the property owned by it, and upon which the taxes were levied.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA. The plaintiff in error commenced this action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana, to recover from the defendant the amount of certain back taxes, which it alleged had been illegally assessed and'which it had been compelled to pay in order to prevent the seizure and sale' of the property owned by it, and upon which the taxes were levied. Both parties to the action were residents of the State of Montana at the time it was commenced. The defendant demurred to the complaint upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
There is nothing, on the face of the complaint above set forth to show either the existence of any question involving the construction or application of the Federal Constitution, or that the constitutionality of any law of the United States, or the validity or construction of any treaty made under its authority, was drawn in question. This must appear in the complaint by the statement in legal and logical form, such as good pleading requires. Arbuckle v. Blackburn, 191 U. S. 405, 413; Spencer v. Duplan Silk Co., 191 U. S. 526, 530. It must appear that thé suit really and substantially…
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