PITTSBURG &C. COAL CO. v. BATES

No. 3.

156 U.S. 577 (1895)

PITTSBURG AND SOUTHERN COAL COMPANY v. BATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.S. Benedict and Mr. George A. King, (with whom was Mr. Charles W. Hornor on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. M.J. Cunningham, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff company in this court objects to the judgment of the Supreme Court of Louisiana dissolving the injunction in the original suit which inhibited the state tax collector from selling coal lying in boats on the Mississippi River to pay taxes alleged to be due to the State thereon, and directing that the defendant proceed to collect the...

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