KEOKUK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. SCOTLAND COUNTY

KEOKUK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. SCOTLAND COUNTY. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. No. 183. Argued December 21, 22,1893. Decided March 12, 1894. Keokuk & Western Railroad Company v. Missouri, ante, 801, followed. This was a bill to enjoin the county courts and collectors of revenue for the counties of Clarke, Scotland, and Schuyler, in the State of Missouri, from levying and collecting taxes on the railway property owned by the plaintiff in these counties. Mr. Felix T. Hughes and Mr. John F. Dillon, (with whom was Mr. Thomas De Witt (Juyler on the brief,) for appellant. Mr. F. L. Schofield, (with whom were Mr, John A. White-side and Mr. T. L. Montgomery on the brief,) for appellees. [MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Brown] Mr. Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the court. This case differs from the one just decided, ante, 301, only in the fact that this is a bill in equity, filed by the corporation whose property is sought to be taxed, to restrain the defendants from levying or collecting any taxes for the years 1883 to 1887, inclusive, upon the ground that the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in the Seoor ease, and also the Supreme Court of the State, had held the property of the company not to be subject to taxation. As the questions involved in the two cases are precisely the same, the decree of the court below dismissing the bill was correct, and the same is, therefore, Affirmed. Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Brewer dissented.