Southern Pac. Co. v. City of Calexico
District Court, S.D. California
In Equity. Suit by the Southern Pacific Company against the City of Calexico afid others. In an action in the nature of interpleader, brought under section 18 of the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916 (Comp, St. § 8604ii), plaintiff alleges that there was delivered to it, on or about March 23, 1922, at Calexico, for transportation and shipment to defendant Minoprio & Co., Liverpool, England, via railroad to San Diego, and thence by water to England, 934 bales of cotton; that…
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In Equity. Suit by the Southern Pacific Company against the City of Calexico afid others. In an action in the nature of interpleader, brought under section 18 of the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916 (Comp, St. § 8604ii), plaintiff alleges that there was delivered to it, on or about March 23, 1922, at Calexico, for transportation and shipment to defendant Minoprio & Co., Liverpool, England, via railroad to San Diego, and thence by water to England, 934 bales of cotton; that such shipment was delivered to and accepted by the plaintiff in due course, plaintiff expecting and agreeing to…
1Opinion of the CourtBledsoe, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The extent and growth of the cotton industry in Lower California, the necessity for its regular importation into the United States, and the frequency which which the taxation questions involved herein will arise, all serve to make it necessary for the court to give extended consideration to this case. As hereinabove indicated, the only questions in the case relate to the power of the city, acting under authority granted to it by the state of California, to assess for general purposes of taxation the respective lots of cotton embraced in the 'seizure had,…
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