Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Russell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Salime District Gowrt. Injunction brought by the Kansas Pacific Ply. Go. to restrain the collection of taxes levied on an assessment of their property in the vear 1868. At the time of the assessment the name of the company was “ Union Pacific Eailway Co., Eastern Division.”
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Error from Salime District Gowrt. Injunction brought by the Kansas Pacific Ply. Go. to restrain the collection of taxes levied on an assessment of their property in the vear 1868. At the time of the assessment the name of the company was “ Union Pacific Eailway Co., Eastern Division.” The collection of the taxes having been stayed until July, 1870, the defendant 8. Amrme, county treasirrer, issued his warrant to the defendant J. W. Mussell as sheriff, as required by § 123 of the tax law, commanding said sheriff to levy the amount of such unpaid taxes, ($17,322.25,) and the penalty thereon,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is an action to restrain the collection of taxes. It was brought in the district court of Saline county, and upon final trial there judgment was rendered for defendants. The taxes were levied for the year 1868, and their collection was stayed for two years by an injunction from the U. S. courts granted on the application of some of the stockholders of the company plaintiff. That suit was dismissed, and thereupon the c efendants, as officers of Saline county, were preparing to enforce the collection when this action was brought.
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