Show A NOTHER ANOTHER INCOME TAX SUIT massachusetts MAN VS THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL ellings in equity to restrain the railroad Hail road from paying the th tax on its net profits new york april 10 Al another iother suit cult to contest tho the constitutionality of the th income tax has been instituted in the circuit court here it Is an action in equity brought by charles allen alien of Creon flold mass against tho the illinois contra central tui rall road company et ct al in his bill of complaint tho the complainant after setting forth tile the organization of the iho company coni tile the amount of personal property hold held by it and other matters in relation thereto declares that he Is informed that the company comi lany intondi to pay day under tile tho provisions provI alons of the income tax law a tax of 2 per cent on nil all its net profits and income for tho the year asu tho the bill then avers avera that the no income tax law Is unconstitutional in that if said tax Ls Is collot upon the tha companas comp anys in coma came and pro ilta it Is ij a direct tax la in respect OP set of tho the railway property fixtures and appurtenances operated and owned by tho the defendant company by being imposed upon tho the income sand nd profits profile thereof the saine flamo being leal leaf estate and Is 19 like a direct tax in respect of its personal property by being imposed upon the income and profits thereof which direct t taxes are nut apportioned among the bev cral states nil an re rc julfred by tile the constitution of tile united states tile uniformity non of the law is then pointed out at length after which the bill declares that the exemption of insurance companies banks and institutions constructed on oil tile the mutual plan etc 1 la unconstitutional in that these exemptions 1 operate to arbitrarily trie said companies from the payment of their just proportion of taxation ton the bill further sets forth that the tax in im unconstitutional tor for ane reason that it impairs vested property rights tile the complainant therefore prays that thai tho the defendants fend ants be restrained from voluntarily complying with tile the income tax law and that ho he be planted panted uch much other relief as tile the court may deem meet |