MAY v. NEW ORLEANS

No. 332.

178 U.S. 496 (1900)

MAY v. NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.C. Mellen for plaintiffs in error. Mr. J. Ward Gurley was on his brief.

Mr. W.B. Sommerville for defendant in error. Mr. Samuel L. Gilmore was on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs in error, a commercial firm in New Orleans, brought this action in the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, to prevent the enforcement of certain tax assessments made by the city of New Orleans in the year 1897.

The petition alleged that during the whole of the year 1897 the plaintiffs were engaged in importing for sale foreign goods upon all of which they paid the duties and imposts...

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