CHOCTAW & GULF R.R. v. HARRISON

No. 45.

235 U.S. 292 (1914)

CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARRISON, SHERIFF OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.G. Gamble, with whom Mr. M.L. Bell and Mr. C.O. Blake were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. A.L. Hull, with whom Mr. Charles West, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

By an original bill filed July 19, 1909, in the Circuit Court of the United States, Eastern District of Oklahoma, appellant sought to enjoin the sheriff of Pittsburg County from collecting taxes claimed by the State upon the gross sale of coals dug from mines belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians which it leased and operated. The claim was based on the Oklahoma...

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