for Pennsylvania Bar Association
1. Ward v. Board of County Comm'rs, No. 224, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Submitted March 11, 1920 , April 25, 1920, Decided
OVERVIEW: A tax exemption as to land allotted to claimants, who were members of the Choctaw tribe, by a congressional enactment was a vested property right arising out of a law of Congress. Taxes paid to prevent sale of the land were not paid voluntarily.
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