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YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI R.R. v. VICKSBURG

No. 97.

209 U.S. 358 (1908)

28 S.Ct. 510

52 L.Ed. 833

THE YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. CITY OF VICKSBURG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Mayes, with whom Mr. J.M. Dickinson was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Hannis Taylor, with whom Mr. George Anderson was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The case originated in a bill in equity filed by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company against the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Vicksburg, to enjoin the collection of certain municipal taxes on the property of the railroad company assessed for the year 1901.

The bill was demurred to; the court below sustained the demurrer and rendered a final decree dismissing the bill. The case involving...

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