RAILROAD CO. v. LOFTIN


105 U.S. 258 (____)

RAILROAD COMPANY v. LOFTIN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Y.C. Humes for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Augustus H. Garland, contra.


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

This was a suit in equity, brought by the Memphis & St. Louis Railroad Company in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Arkansas, to restrain the collection of taxes imposed under the authority of the State upon certain lands in that county owned by the company. The Supreme Court of the State affirmed the decree of the Circuit Court dismissing the bill on demurrer. The complainant thereupon sued out this...

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