MEMPHIS ETC. R.R. CO. v. ALABAMA


107 U.S. 581 (____)

MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Enoch Totten, contra.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the State of Alabama, for the use of Jackson County, in a court of that State, against a railroad corporation whose road passed through that State and county, to recover the amount of a county tax assessed upon its property. It was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama, upon the petition of the corporation, alleging that it was a citizen...

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