WRIGHT v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.

No. 161.

236 U.S. 674 (1915)

WRIGHT, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF GEORGIA, v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Hart and Mr. Samuel H. Sibley for appellant.

Mr. A.R. Lawton and Mr. T.M. Cunningham, Jr., for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by the Railway Company, the appellee, to prevent the collection of certain taxes, which, it is alleged, would be contrary to Article I, § 10, and to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The case was heard on bill, demurrer and answer and certain agreed facts, and the District Court issued an injunction...

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