PLEASANT v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS R. CO.

No. 775.

66 F.2d 842 (1933)

PLEASANT et al. v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Huxman, of Hutchinson, Kan. (Payne H. Ratner, of Parsons, Kan., and Ernest E. Blincoe, of Topeka, Kan., on the brief), for appellants.

W. W. Brown, of Parsons, Kan. (Joseph M. Bryson, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and McDERMOTT, Circuit Judges, and KENNEDY, District Judge.


McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff below, appellee here, filed this suit to enjoin the collection of its 1929 taxes. The defendants are the tax-collecting officers of the 17 counties through which plaintiff's railroad runs, and the state officials who made the assessment complained of. The jurisdiction of the court is invoked on account of diversity of citizenship and the presence of a substantial federal question.

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