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SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. KENTUCKY

No. 300.

284 U.S. 338 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 160

76 L.Ed. 327

SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Edward P. Humphrey and Charles W. Milner, with whom Messrs. L.E. Jeffries and S.R. Prince were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Charles N. Hobson argued the cause and Messrs. J.W. Cammack, Attorney General of Kentucky, Clifford E. Smith, and J.P. Hobson were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves franchise taxes imposed by Kentucky in respect of railroad lines in that State that are a part of the system of appellant, the Southern Railway Company, a Virginia corporation, and here referred to as the Southern system. A judgment of the circuit court of Woodford county affirmed in the highest court of the State, 204 Ky. 388; 264 S.W. 850, determined...

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