BRINKERHOFF-FARIS CO. v. HILL

No. 464.

281 U.S. 673 (1930)

BRINKERHOFF-FARIS TRUST & SAVINGS COMPANY v. HILL, TREASURER AND EX-OFFICIO COLLECTOR OF HENRY COUNTY, MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roy W. Rucker, with whom Messrs. John Montgomery, Jr., and Lee Montgomery were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Lieutellus Cunningham, with whom Messrs. Stratton Shartel, Attorney General of Missouri, N.B. Conrad, Frederick F. Wesner, and Charles A. Calvird, Jr., were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1928, the Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Company, acting as trustee for its shareholders, brought this suit in a Missouri court against the Treasurer of Henry County, Missouri, to enjoin him from collecting or attempting to collect a certain part of the taxes assessed against them for the year 1927 on the shares of its stock; and, pending decision in this suit, to restrain the prosecution of an action...

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