U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia May 14, 1901 (Douglas Co. v. Stone)

PAUL, District Judge.

In this suit the plaintiff files its bill praying that it be released from the payment of a claim for taxes assessed under the laws of Virginia, amounting to the sum of $1,609.25, for which the defendant, who is ex-treasurer of Smyth county, Va., has made a levy on a portion of the standing timber on the lands of the plaintiff.