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SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. CO. v. CALIFORNIA

118 U.S. 109 (1886)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George H. Smith and Mr. S.W. Sanderson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.M. Widney for defendant in error.

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

This is a suit brought by the State of California, in one of its own courts, against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to recover $31,470.58 claimed to be due for taxes. The railroad company answered the complaint, setting up, among others, the following defences:

1. That under and by virtue of the acts of Congress of July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 292, ch. 278; March 3, 1871, 16 Stat. 573, ch. 122;...

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