Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-23
A Sweeping Injunction by Judge
Trigg in Favor of I. E.
Brown.
State Courts Forbidden to Interfere
and Ordered to Dismiss Re.
pleVln Suits.
Tax Collectors Ordered 20 Proceed
An Extraordinary Document.

l.. n. Drown mas nled q DILL IN the
United States Circuit Court and obtained
from Judge Trigg an injunction r%estrin-
ing the city and all its officers and agents,
and particularly ]. R Flippin as mayor
and S P. Walker as city attorney, from
10 any way interfering with j. J. Raw
lings and Fred c. Schaper as tax col
lectors in the collection of all taxes
levied on to pay the balance Of his judg-
ment in lawful money OF the United
States, and from instructing, directing or
advising the tax collectors not TO collect,
or the tax payers not to pay the Brown
maudamus taxes in lawful money, and
from hindering aud delaying or discour-
aging implicit obedience to the com
msnd Of the mandamus writs.
1t e%ujoins Messrs, j. ]. Rawlings and
Scbaper from receiving any Of the taxes
levied to pay Brown in any kind of scrip
or receipts or Indebtedness of the city,
or anything else but lawful money Of the
United States, and from ~dissbeying or
emitting or neglecting to peforp each
and every command of the writ Of man
damus directed to the city commanding
the levy aud collection Of the Brown
taxes; %enjoins them from obeying or
permitting or submitting to the execu-
tiop Of any process or writ Of any kind
whatever from any court whatsoever of
the State of Tennessee, to the extent
that such process or writ or the execu.
ton thereof may interfere with or pre-
vent or hinder or delay, or tend to hinder
or delay, the prompt collection of the
said taxes in lawful money, or their full
and prompt performance Of their duty TO
collect the taxes III such lawful money;
also from surrendering or releasing or
delivering up to any person any prop
erty of any description lawfully seized
or hsld for the payment Of the Brown
taxes, without idll payment Of the taxes
10 money, except to the persons to whom
the property shall be sold for taxes, or
in obedience to some process of the
United States Court.
It e%Djoins Brooks, Nicely & Co their
agents aud attorneys from prosecuting
the action of replevin brought by them
in the Circuit Court Of Shelby county
against ]. j.. Rawlings, tax-collector, for
property levied on for Browns taxes,
and commands them to forthwith dismiss
the said suit and to surrender up the
property 10 Rawlings so that he may
proceed to make the money for the pay.
ment Of the taxes, and from bringing OF
prosecuting any other suit in any State
court against said tax-collector for any
act or thing which he may lawfully do,
or cause to be done, for the collection Of
the taxes levied for the benefit Of Tai.
madge E. Brown.
Judge Trigg's fat for the injunction is
as follows:
On consideration of the within bill,
the exhibits fled Herewith, and the
briefs OF counsel submitted with the bill,
| am Of the opinion that the motion Of
complainant for a preliminary i%njunc.
ton ought to be sustain |, and it is there
fore ordered that wits OF subpena and
injunction be issued according to the
prayer Of the bill, upon the complain.
ant giving bond, with sufficient security
in the sun of $4,000, conditioned to pay
all such damages as the defendants OF
either Of them may sustain in conse.
quence OF the granting of this injunc
ton; aud also the usual cost bond.
At Chambers this Goth day of August,
1877. CoNYALLY f. TRIGG,
United States District Judge.
The injunction was issued on notice
and considered in the briefs of Humes
& Poston and S P. Walker, for the de.
PENDANTS, and Randolph, Hammond &
Wassell for the complainant.