Pullman Co. v. Knott

Citations

• 243 U.S. 447
• 37 S. Ct. 428
• 61 L. Ed. 841
• 1917 U.S. LEXIS 2011

Syllabus

<p>A suit to restrain a state official and his successors in office from estimating, levying and assessing a tax under a state law claimed to be unconstitutional is a suit against him as an individual and, in the absence of a statute otherwise-providing, abates when his term of office expires and cannot be revived against his successor. New Orleans v. Citizens’ Bank, 167 U. S. 371, 388, distinguished.</p>