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THOMAS v. KANSAS CITY SO. RY.

No. 303.

261 U.S. 481 (1923)

THOMAS, SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR, ET AL. v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James D. Head and Mr. Otis Wingo, with whom Mr. Henry Moore, Jr., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. S.W. Moore and Mr. James B. McDonough, with whom Mr. F.H. Moore and Mr. A.F. Smith were on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Legislature of Arkansas created, by a special law, the Little River Drainage and Levee District of Sevier County, No. 1, a body corporate, and defined its boundaries. Act 186 of Acts of 1915, p. 747, amended by Act 79 of Acts of 1917, p. 348. This suit was brought in the federal court for the Western District of Arkansas, Texarkana Division, by two railroad companies to restrain enforcement of a tax levied...

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