YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI R'D CO. v. ADAMS

No. 80.

180 U.S. 41 (1901)

YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY v. ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Guthrie and Mr. Edward Mayes for appellants. Mr. Noel Gale, Mr. James Fentress and Mr. J.M. Dickinson were on their brief.

Mr. F.A. Critz and Mr. Marcellus Green for appellees. Mr. R.C. Beckett was on their brief.


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

Motion was made to dismiss for the want of a Federal question. The ground of the motion is that, while the second and fourth pleas set up the exemption contained in the charter from all municipal taxation, and the third pleads the exemption from city taxation by the ordinance of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Jackson, and inferentially at least, that these constitute a contract under...

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