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CHICAGO, B. & Q.R.R. v. OSBORNE

Nos. 219, 224, 225.

265 U.S. 14 (1924)

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY v. OSBORNE, AS TAX COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, ET AL. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. OSBORNE, AS STATE TAX COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, ET AL. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY v. OSBORNE, AS STATE TAX COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bruce Scott, with whom Mr. Timothy Byron Clark, Mr. Jesse L. Root, Mr. J.W. Weingarten and Mr. J.C. James were on the briefs, for appellant in No. 219.

Mr. Wymer Dressler, with whom Mr. R.L. Kennedy, Mr. R.N. Van Doren, Mr. James B. Sheean and Mr. F.W. Sargent were on the briefs, for appellants in Nos. 224 and 225.

Mr. Geo. W. Ayres and Mr. Hugh La Master, Assistant Attorneys General of the State of Nebraska, with whom Mr. O.S. Spillman, Attorney General, was on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are bills in equity brought to restrain the collection of taxes upon the respective railroad companies for the year 1922 on the ground that the farm lands in Nebraska were systematically and intentionally undervalued while the railroad properties were valued at their full worth and more. After a hearing by three Judges sitting under § 266 of the Judicial Code, it was held that the plaintiffs "had an...

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