NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO. v. HENNEFORD

No. 4472.

15 F.Supp. 302 (1936)

NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO. v. HENNEFORD et al.

District Court, E. D. Washington, N. D.

June 9, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. daPonte, R. S. Macfarlane, and D. H. Eastman, all of Seattle, Wash., F. J. McKevitt, of Spokane, Wash., and A. N. Whitlock, of Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff Northern Pac. Ry. Co.

G. W. Hamilton, Atty. Gen., and R. G. Sharpe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before HANEY, Circuit Judge, and WEBSTER and PRAY, District Judges.


WEBSTER, District Judge.

This is an action by the plaintiff railway company against the members of the Washington State Tax Commission to enjoin the enforcement as against the plaintiff, of what is called a "compensating tax," as defined and imposed by title 4, § 31 et seq., c. 180, p. 726, Session Laws 1935. Jurisdiction is predicated upon diversity of citizenship and the presence of federal questions. Upon stipulation of the parties, the case is now under final...

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