Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Osborne
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP NEBRASKA. Appeals from decrees of the District Court which dismissed the suits brought by the appellant companies to restrain collection of state taxes, upon the ground that their remedy at law was adequate.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are bills in equity brought to restrain the collection of taxes upon the respective railroad companies for the year 1922 on the ground that the farm lands in Nebraska were systematically and intentionally undervalued while the railroad properties were valued at their full worth and more. After a hearing by three Judges sitting under § 266 of the Judicial Code, it was held that the plaintiffs “ had an adequate remedy at law under the statutes of the State of Nebraska in prosecuting error proceedings to the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska ” and for that reason a preliminary…
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