, 1875-06-16
RAILROAD TAX CASES.
Argument Before Judges Drum
mont and istntlgctt-
Col. 1ngeraoll's Statement Of tie Absurd
ities Of tho Present System,
Tho .t'encral's Reioin,icr.

Judges Drnmn1oni md Dlodgott moro occu-
pod all day yesterday III hoarirg tho arguments
III several railroad tax cases whpr0 temporary In
functions had been grsntod.
Attorney General E.!san first asked to IAvn
tho case OF 3cssup vs. Tho Chicago L Alton Rail-
rosd Company net for trial no that 1nal dcoreo
could 10 had and sppeal taken To the next term
OF tho Supreme Court.
Col. IugeEsoll aRll that ho did not wish to
have al bis caacs decided by tho rulo laid dosn
III ao1ne Of tho oshor cases.
Judge Drummond said that 1t would DO bost 10
ilavo ths case 60 oti AZ usual. by having tho
Master take proof and report to tho Court. uo
also nlshod that tito counsel should agree on
one, two, or throo Cases which would involve all
the prluciples, and, II they Wished have them
takon to tho 8upr eme Court. No order MAS
therefore mado.
alr. 1lpbor,s, Of Tazowo'l County, said there
uas motion act 10 modify tho injunction
against the Peoria, Pekin i Jacksonville Ro&d,
uatlon.
JUDGE ptoD0ETT
said motion had bnen made IN the case Of TIM
Chicago, pokiu l. Southwestern load for An
injunction to restrain tho collection Of taxes,
NV ~. sot'oA @''0- =. 80 sAa .s'
louas III s''nl!at ca7es' w neAs'oR' ~ lnluuo-
ttou WAa granted II, modified form-that IL,
tho ta1 on tho capital skock mas onjoinod, and
.llo taxes Oh tue increased valuation OF tho tam
H,ble property uiado by the Doard Ut Eqhaliza-
tlon, but requiring tho Company to paw taEea
on itR tangible property on It's own valuation.
Ile held that court Of equity would Layo thc
right to impose such a lax.
somo discussion aroao on tho points, and MI.
Roberts suggested that he would Iiko to have
tl,o Injunction In hls oase modified ID a smIIar
way,
hearing Of, that oupntjon should IL j,sd. and Il
yas accordingly sci Tor yestotlay, 10 Ibis
modified tpiuucttou Nr, Cook, Of tho Chicago Il
Northv estcro Hailrond, had aRrcei In nla cleutts
oaso, Mr., Uoxtor. alsn, rem nsoutjnc tho Chcn.
70 UurIIueion l. QUINCY Road. saiu hls Uomnnny
Raj msto = similar cnn,tlrn,nl,o. Mr, Tinharts
had rnado sn at,pication On bohulf Of T.zeweit
Connty 10 moti}fy the iptunctjon fna,,et in iii
alr. Easall asked that tho ru,e shoulu be- N soo
uniform III aIl caacB il tho iuiunctlon rcro
n,oditad in oue. It should bo in ali.
,l,,toa Dr1n,rnonI aaid tho nnnrt;o, to h. H.
cided Tos wbetLef tho rulo could bp anpl;cd.
coI. nnurnr tyurnsoY1.
then opored tho argument by stating that, a. he
t,aIiers,ood tia dne,aIon Of tia Gonrt Il ha5
,scu ,utlmssod that It wa oautabo that tie raIl.
to,du ahould Al lenat NV tnIos on ttnir own WI
d
tj,icu 81 81 0Uo moro tha,, could bc ,ocaiiv raia
cd. Tho board lad not mentioned tbo Gonna
ny'a valuation OF thcir propcsty ia their ssti-
ni.so. thoy had nnt rnnsidnrci 4. wo,th
thought. il was blow at ali aggregated capita].
Whon tbose t,oyspar,nrs ovned by a oomnsny
xero stsesssd two ar .hroe " timoS ~ A. m,o}' ~
,hoso owned by Indiyiduus tho nrosa ' raB
aeainst the INV. Ths 1nst T.nualatura to eot the
,,Eaas IN thafr s1da naaaod :" Inw .raG6,+tng
neamnsniea ior aor,cnitusa1 f and hnr.;cnIt,,raSi
m,rnoses, and a1so nrovuied tbat M naw.nsners
p,s,'r1 1, ~ comnanv pbo,,la mt IN nav mora KIN
thoso ownei hy in1,yiiusls Ii.yina thon tnn
Granrers btoe]ers and tho n,eas m tbaIr ado.
tta smro t,,onnht tn III. 1nnid tn ah1o ~
saoa s{tn Tia rai;ro.tIs Ind ii. annrts Nv @o' ~
'1f~ "''A rrnsnSa, pnonesT1
n, ono n,rno,e w.s neraonsf rronortv ,or al,
n,'runsos onU s !rhs nlsoep rhnrc tax nn roi,,na
rtnc" .3,Ic ha,, hssr dacea i,v thn s,,nrn,1s
,,r ~ ~ hos ra. md norsoy. ~ ,'ronarx
s,.om,d - nnin ,u.. ~ tn t,d"nr"t ofoa ~ t,a
Gnmny rs ps% H.. Bo.rl @ ~ Esma1zation Iomsdo3
that KIN f,omnnny abnn,tl nav I'm tar WARS tHo
rars-t s.a ~ - ~. .9ynirat n asu ,1st
iy',td ~ ~ ~. u ~, n,,c,s r. ns.
con.s iIroua,, ~ pnIa " Il ws'oI WA rseht