Legal Opinion

Milheim v. Moffat Tunnel Improvement District

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 22, 1922No. 10,477PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teller

Plaintiffs in error, Milheim and Metcalf, were plaintiffs in a suit to enjoin the defendants in error from proceeding under the recently enacted statute creating The Moffat Tunnel Improvement District, (S. L. 1922) the ground of action being that the said statute is unconstitutional, and that, if enforced, it will burden plaintiffs’ property by an illegal tax.

The other plaintiffs in error are taxpayers who were permitted to intervene as plaintiffs. Answers were filed which presented issues of law as to the alleged violations of the constitution, and of fact as to the benefits to the property…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Manigault v. SpringsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  4. Phillip Wagner, Inc. v. LeserSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Milheim v. Moffat Tunnel Improvement DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. Lamm v. BarberSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  3. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
  4. Golden Gate Bridge & Highway District v. FeltCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  5. People Ex Rel. Rogers v. LetfordSupreme Court of Colorado · 1938

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