KEOKUK RAILROAD v. SCOTLAND COUNTY

No. 414.

152 U.S. 318 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 605

38 L.Ed. 457

KEOKUK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, v. SCOTLAND COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Felix T. Hughes and Mr. John F. Dillon, (with whom was Mr. Thomas De Witt Cuyler on the brief,) for appellant.

Mr. F.L. Schofield, (with whom were Mr. John A. Whiteside and Mr. T.L. Montgomery on the brief,) for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case raises the question whether the Keokuk and Western Railroad Company, which is now the owner of the property and franchises of the Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad Company, is entitled to revive a suit originally begun by Secor and other stockholders of the last-named company, against the officers of three counties in Missouri, to enjoin the collection of taxes upon property formerly belonging to the...

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