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COVINGTON v. FIRST NAT. BANK

Nos. 113, 114.

198 U.S. 100 (1905)

COVINGTON v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COVINGTON. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COVINGTON v. COVINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.H. Hazelrigg, with whom Mr. F.J. Hanlon and Mr. Ira Julian were on the brief, for the City of Covington.

Mr. Shelley D. Rouse and Mr. Edmund F. Trabue, with whom Mr. James S. Pirtle, Mr. John C. Doolan and Mr. Attila Cox, Jr., were on the brief, for First National Bank.

MR. JUSTICE DAY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

That the acceptance of the provisions of the so-called Hewitt law did not constitute an irrevocable contract, releasing the bank from taxes upon compliance with its terms, has been settled. Bank Tax Cases, 102 Kentucky, 174; Citizens' Savings Bank v. Owensboro, 173 U.S. 636. Reference...

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