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BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE

Nos. 668, 669.

161 U.S. 134 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 456

40 L.Ed. 645

BANK OF COMMERCE, v. TENNESSEE FOR THE USE OF MEMPHIS. BANK OF COMMERCE, v. TENNESSEE AND COUNTY OF SHELBY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Carroll and Mr. R.J. Morgan, (with whom were Mr. T.B. Turley and Mr. L.B. McFarland on the brief,) for the Bank of Commerce and Omberg.

Mr. S.P. Walker, (with whom were Mr. C.W. Metcalf and Mr. F.T. Edmondson on the brief,) for the State of Tennessee.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The claim of the State seems to have been in the alternative, that either the corporation was liable for the taxes assessed under the general laws above referred to, or else that the shareholders were, and the bill was framed with the idea of obtaining a final decision in regard to which of the two parties was liable without...

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