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From 223 U.S. 280 - Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway Company v. Timothy O'Connor · 1912Most cited · 390 citing opinions

It is reasonable that a man who denies the legality of a tax should have a clear and certain remedy. The rule being established that, apart from special circumstances, he cannot interfere by injunction with the state's collection of its revenues, an action at law to recover back what he has paid is the alternative lift.