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AMY v. SHELBY COUNTY TAXING DISTRICT

114 U.S. 387 (1885)

AMY & Another v. SHELBY COUNTY TAXING DISTRICT & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William M. Randolph for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. S.P. Walker for the Taxing District of Shelby County.

Mr. Lawrence Lamb for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

By an act of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, approved January 29, 1879, the charter of the city of Memphis was repealed; and by another act, approved the same day, the territory which had constituted the city was created a taxing district, and the property of the city and all debts due to it and all uncollected taxes were vested in the...

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