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FED. LAND BANK v. KIOWA COUNTY

No. 25.

368 U.S. 146 (1961)

FEDERAL LAND BANK OF WICHITA v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KIOWA COUNTY, KANSAS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Doolittle argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Oberdorfer, I. Henry Kutz, Paul O. Ritter, William G. Plested, Jr. and Edward H. Jamison.

Robert C. Londerholm, Special Assistant Attorney General of Kansas, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs were William M. Ferguson, Attorney General, and A. K. Stavely, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

A political subdivision of a State has levied a personal property tax on a federal instrumentality despite a claim of immunity by virtue of a federal statute.

Petitioner, the Federal Land Bank of Wichita, acquired a mortgage on realty in Kiowa County, Kansas, in the course of its business as a federal instrumentality duly organized under the Federal Farm Loan Act.1 Upon...

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