Maricopa & Phœnix Railroad v. Arizona Territory

Citations

• 156 U.S. 347
• 15 S. Ct. 391
• 39 L. Ed. 447
• 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2141

Syllabus

<p>When Congress grants to a railway company organized under the laws of a Territory a right of way over an Indian reservation within the Territory, and the road is constructed entirely within the Territory, that part of it within the reservation is subject to taxation by the territorial government.</p> <p>The question whether it is so subject to taxation is one within the jurisdiction of this court, when properly brought here, irrespective of the amount involved.</p>