MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit brought by the State of California, in one of its own courts, against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to recover $31,470.58 claimed to be due for taxes. The railroad company answered the complaint, setting up, among others, the following defences:
1. That under and by virtue of the acts of Congress of July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 292, ch. 278; March 3, 1871, 16 Stat. 573, ch. 122;...
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