OAKLEY v. GOODNOW


118 U.S. 43 (1886)

OAKLEY v. GOODNOW.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Crane for the motions.

Mr. C.H. Gatch opposing.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought in a State court of Iowa by Edward K. Goodnow, a citizen of New York, against Elizabeth T. Oakley, another citizen of the same State, to recover an amount claimed to be due for taxes paid by the Iowa Homestead Company and the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company, both Iowa corporations, on lands belonging to the defendant. Before the suit was begun the two corporations assigned their...

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