DICKINSON, District Judge.
The procedural form in which the question raised is presented is that of the payment of a tax, the collection of which is averred to have been illegal, the demand for the return of the sum paid, an action brought to recover it, and a rule for judgment because of the averred insufficiency of the affidavit of defense interposed. The ruling of the cause turns upon the construction of the contract embodied in that phrase of the act of Congress...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
- Updated daily.
- Uncompromising quality.
- Complete, Accurate, Current.