MONT. BANK v. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY

No. 207.

276 U.S. 499 (1928)

THE MONTANA NATIONAL BANK OF BILLINGS v. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY OF MONTANA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Horace S. Davis, with whom Messrs. M.S. Gunn, Rockwood Brown, and R.G. Wiggenhorn were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. L.A. Foot, Attorney General of Montana, with whom Messrs. A.H. Angstman and C.N. Davidson, Assistant Attorneys General, were on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff in error, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the United States, is engaged in a general commercial banking business in Yellowstone County, Montana. For the year 1925, an assessment for taxes was made by the assessor of Yellowstone County upon the shareholders, based upon the value of their shares of stock in the bank. The bank owned no real estate. In pursuance of the assessment, taxes...

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