Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Louisville
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. This was á case instituted in the Louisville Chancery Court by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company against • the city of Louisville by the filing of an agreed case under the following provisions of the Civil Code of Practice of the State of Kentucky: “ Sec. 637. Parties to a question which might be the subject of a civil action may, without action, state the question and the facts upon which it depends, and…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. This was á case instituted in the Louisville Chancery Court by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company against • the city of Louisville by the filing of an agreed case under the following provisions of the Civil Code of Practice of the State of Kentucky: “ Sec. 637. Parties to a question which might be the subject of a civil action may, without action, state the question and the facts upon which it depends, and present a submission thereof to any court which would have jurisdiction, if an action had been brought. But it must appear…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
By the terms of the agreed case the only questions submitted to the Chancery Court of Louisville were whether the railroad company was entitled to a discount on certain tax bills, and if so, what discount; and it was stipulated that if the court should be of opinion that the company was. not entitled to any discount, then judgment should be entered dismissing the case with costs. The chancellor in his opinion pointed out that the act of the general assembly of Kentucky, entitled “An act to revise and amend the tax laws of the city of Louisville,” approved May 12, 1884, provided for a discount…
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