Irwin v. Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA. Appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing a bill filed by the appellant, on behalf of himself and others in like situation, to enjoin the assessment and collection of state taxes on lands ' within a federal reclamation project.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice- Taft
delivered the opinion of the court. -.The appellant Irwin, a citizen of California, filed his .bill of complaint in the District Court against the Treasurer, the Assessor, the Attorney, the Sheriff, and the members-of the Board of Supervisors, of. Maricopa County, Arizona, citizens of Arizona. -He‘averred that-he had an interest, as a homestead entryman, under the General Homestead Act of Congress of May 20,1862, c. 75,12 Stat. 392, and the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, c. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, inland included within the Salt River-Reclamation project in Maricopa…
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