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CITIZENS' BANK v. CANNON

No. 58.

164 U.S. 319 (1896)

17 S.Ct. 89

41 L.Ed. 451

CITIZENS' BANK, v. CANNON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Maury for appellant. Mr. Charles J. Boatner was on the brief

Mr. M.J. Cunningham, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Mr. A.H. Leonard and Mr. Alexander Porter Morse, for defendants, submitted on their brief.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The first assignment of error questions the correctness of the decree of the court in sustaining the plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing the bill.

The bill alleged that the defendants were about to assess and collect state and parish taxes for the years 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, and the amended bill alleged a similar purpose as to taxes for 1893. Neither bill contained a specific...

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