Southern Ry. Co. v. North Carolina Corp. Commission
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern North Carolina
In Equity. On questions certified to the court by the master as follows: “To His Honor, Judge Simontom The question under consideration being of very great importance, it is agreed by counsel that it be certified to your honor, waiving any points as to procedure.
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In Equity. On questions certified to the court by the master as follows: “To His Honor, Judge Simontom The question under consideration being of very great importance, it is agreed by counsel that it be certified to your honor, waiving any points as to procedure. And the standing master hereby certifies the same to your honor; that is to say, whether the said books should be ordered to be produced for the purposes mentioned in the annexed copy of 1Iie proceedings, marked ‘A.’ Inasmuch as a recess is necessitated by reason of the foregoing, the standing master respectfully asks instructions…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
The standing master has submitted to the court certain questions which have arisen in the course of his examination. The complainants, in their testimony in chief, produced evidence as to the taxes assessed on property in the county of New Hanover for the year 1898, having up for this purpose the register of deeds. In the course of this examination they sought to prove the true value of the property of certain corporations, probably' for the purpose of comparison with the assessed value for taxation of these corporations. To this end they issued subpoenas duces tecum,…
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- In re Pacific Railway CommissionU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1887
- Wertheim v. Continental Ry. & Trust Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1883
- In re HirschU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1896
- Henry v. Travelers' Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1888
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