Legal Opinion

Adams v. Nashville

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 18, 1877No. 46PublishedCited by 40 opinions

■Error, to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. The facts- are stated in- the opinion of the CQurt.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt

The plaintiffs in error, stockholders in- the Fourth National' Bank óf Nashville, Tenn., filed' their bill in the Chancery Coui-t of Davidson County in that State against the Mayor and ■City Council of Nashville, to enjoin the collection of a tax imposed upon their shares of stock by that municipal corpora^ tion, and to have the tax declared illegal' and void. •

The bill was demurred to. The Chancellor sustained the demurrer and dismissed the bill. Upon áppeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee, the highest court of law or equity in the State, the decree of the Chancellor was affirmed; and…

2Cited by40 opinions

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  3. Chase v. Commerce Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. In Re Assessment of First Nat. Bank of ChickashaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  5. Pollard v. State ex rel. ZuberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880

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