UNITED STATES v. ERIE RAILWAY CO.


107 U.S. 1 (____)

UNITED STATES v. ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor-General for the United States.

Mr. William D. Shipman, contra.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

When this case was argued, no special claim was made for a judgment based on the currency value of the pounds sterling at the time the taxes sued for ought to have been paid, and for that reason a judgment was ordered for the present value of pounds sterling in lawful money. We are now asked to rehear the case for the purpose of considering that question.

The company was liable for taxes of five per...

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