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Show IUfUl Tux :m-liuu! Uu-luutleil. Uu-luutleil. Washington, Tho attorney u-'-iir-rai n.is given a decision that tl7';,o) eoll. cird, and the ineome t.ix on tne divideiuls of stork htdd by uoii-rep.deiil aiiLiis, lileg thy collected lioiu tne lihuoii (,'entral railroad etnuptny, sii .u d be returned to tne eoinp-iny ai. 1 not to the stockholders. He a i - l ie g, nvnniifUt unl.iwlully .xaelLil tiiF'iu m-y irom the railroad cuuipanv, and il ai.ould b.i paid back to ueeotnnanv Irum whicli it was unlawfully taken. Tao non-resident a. icu stuv-ich-ildei's can recover it ol me corporation, and it would bo no defense lolue compmy to plead that tlieir negligence, iguorAtice, del.iy or other ilh-gal act lias l.-t the money. riiil of Hie railroad to repayment repay-ment of tho money which il paid government, under an illegal exaction, hoes not depend upon wneiner it bus lirstpiid tiio money to the stockholders. stock-holders. 'J uf government cannot, by uuiawmi demands, deprive a truttee ol money widen ho holds in trust for another. i |