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GREAT NORTHERN RY. v. WEEKS

No. 178.

297 U.S. 135 (1936)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. WEEKS, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.G. Dorety, with whom Mr. C.J. Murphy was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Harold D. Shaft, with whom Mr. P.O. Sathre, Attorney General of North Dakota, was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought in the federal district court for North Dakota by petitioner against the state tax commissioner and the auditors and treasurers of 30 counties, to enjoin collection of about 40% of 1933 taxes laid upon its railroad properties in each county. The assessed value of all petitioner's railroad property in the State is $78,832,888. The total of the tax is $1,508,352.34, of which petitioner has...

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