ARIZONA v. COPPER QUEEN MINING CO.

No. 89.

233 U.S. 87 (1914)

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA AT THE RELATION OF GAINES, TAX COLLECTOR OF COCHISE COUNTY, v. COPPER QUEEN CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elias S. Clark and Mr. George P. Bullard, Attorney General of Arizona, with whom Mr. William G. Gilmore and Mr. William C. Prentiss were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Frederick N. Judson, with whom Mr. E.E. Ellinwood and Mr. John F. Green were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a special statutory proceeding (Laws of Territory of Arizona, 1903, Act No. 92, p. 148) brought in the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona in and for the County of Cochise to enforce the lien of the Territory for the payment of taxes for the year 1901 assessed against certain patented mining claims in the County of Cochise, amounting to $120,039.35, the tax being assessed...

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