Legal Opinion
Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Gully
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided October 10, 1933No. 447PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
The plaintiff seeks to enjoin the.state’s administrative officers from assessing its real and personal property for ad valorem taxes for the years 1927 to 1931, inclusive. It alleges a contractual right or grant of exemption of its conduit and pipe lines, pumping plants, and other property used by it in the transportation and distribution of natural gas.
This court has general jurisdiction (a) because the controversy, which is of the requisite amount, is wholly between citizens of different states; and (b) because the plaintiff alleges in good faith and upon reasonable…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Dows v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Fargo v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Ohio Tax CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ohio River & Western Railway Co. v. DitteySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gully v. Interstate Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- City of National City v. FritzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. GullyDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1934
- Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. GullyDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1934