UNITED STATES v. SWAIN COUNTY, N. C.


46 F.2d 99 (1930)

UNITED STATES v. SWAIN COUNTY, N. C.

District Court, W. D. North Carolina.

December 17, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. J. Harkins, U. S. Atty., of Asheville, N. C.

Edwards & Leatherwood, of Bryson City, N. C., and Alley & Alley, of Waynesville, N. C., for defendants.


WEBB, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity, brought by the United States against the sheriff, the county commissioners, and the register of deeds, of Swain county, N. C., to enjoin those duly constituted authorities from the collection of taxes assessed by them, for state and county purposes, against the lands of what is known as the "Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians," for the year 1926. This Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is a corporation, organized by an act...

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