Milheim v. Moffat Tunnel Improvement District
Supreme Court of Colorado
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…
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