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YAZOO & MISS. VALLEY RD. v. BD. OF LEVEE COMMR'S OF THE YAZOO MISS. DELTA

No. 1087.

132 U.S. 190 (1889)

10 S.Ct. 74

33 L.Ed. 308

YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, v. BOARD OF LEVEE COMMISSIONERS OF THE YAZOO MISSISSIPPI DELTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Fentress, Mr. W.P. Harris and Mr. J.B. Harris for appellant.

Mr. Marcellus Green and Mr. S.S. Calhoon for appellees.

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

This is an appeal, by plaintiff in the suit, from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, dismissing its bill of complaint filed in that court against the appellees, the Board of Levee Commissioners, and certain sheriffs and tax-collectors, to enjoin the collection of taxes levied under an act of the legislature, creating such Board of Commissioners, for the purpose of providing...

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