Supreme Court of the United States, 1894

Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad v. Backus

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 26, 1894 · Ante, Any, Backus, Brewer, Brown, Chicago, Cincinnati, From, Harlan, Hear, Its, Jackson, Pittsburgh, Stated, Their, Upon

154 U.S. 438; 38 L. Ed. 1040; 14 S. Ct. 1114; 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2241 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. John M. Butler for plaintiff in error., Mr. Albert Greene Smith, Attorney General of the State of Indiana, and Mr. William A. Ketcham for defendant in error.

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Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Brewer

delivered the opinion of the court.

Mr. John M. Butler for plaintiff in error. Mr. Albert Greene Smith, Attorney General of the State of Indiana, and Mr. William A. Ketcham for defendant in error.

Case No. 900, brought by the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company to impeach the assessment made by the same board, in the same year, of its property, is so nearly like this in its material features that no separate statement of the special facts is necessary, and in that case, too, the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana will be

Affirmed.

Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Brown dissented from the opinion and judgment upon the ground stated in their dissenting opinion in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company v. Backus, No. 899, ante, 421, 437. Mr. Justice Jackson did not hear the argument in this case or take any part in its decision.

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