Legal Opinion

Charleston & S. Bridge Co. v. Kanawha County Court

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 21, 1896PublishedCited by 49 opinions

cited Code, c. 29, s. 63; 39 W. Va. 142, 144; 36 W. Va. 201, 342; 38 W. Va. 125; 32 W. Va. 348, 353; Const. Art. X, s. 1. cited Code, c. 135; Id. c. 29, ss. 63, 68, 94; Id. c. 39; Id. c. 39, s. 49; IBond (U. S.) 154; 14 How. Pr. 517; Bouv. Diet. 277, 280; 122 Mass. 8-12; Eng. Enc. “Jud. Act” 173; 56 L. T.R. (N. S.) 464. cited 1 Desty, Tax. 84, 91, 493-4-5, 542, 603; Cooley, Tax. 551-52; Bur. Tax. 243; Shear. & Redf.

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cited Code, c. 29, s. 63; 39 W. Va. 142, 144; 36 W. Va. 201, 342; 38 W. Va. 125; 32 W. Va. 348, 353; Const. Art. X, s. 1. cited Code, c. 135; Id. c. 29, ss. 63, 68, 94; Id. c. 39; Id. c. 39, s. 49; IBond (U. S.) 154; 14 How. Pr. 517; Bouv. Diet. 277, 280; 122 Mass. 8-12; Eng. Enc. “Jud. Act” 173; 56 L. T.R. (N. S.) 464. cited 1 Desty, Tax. 84, 91, 493-4-5, 542, 603; Cooley, Tax. 551-52; Bur. Tax. 243; Shear. & Redf. Neg. § 156-69; Welty, Law of Assessments, § 25, notes; 26 W. Va. 534, 829; 20 Vt. 643; 29 Me. 196, 202-3; 48 N. V. 93-105; 83 Cal. 447; 39 Am. St. Rep. 575; 21 Pick. 382-4; 25 Am.…

1Opinion of the Court

English, Judge:

On the 6th day of April, 1894, the Charleston & South-side Bridge Company presented its petition to the County Court of Kanawha county, praying for the correction of an erroneous assessment of its bridge for the year 1893, claiming that for the year 1892 its bridge was assessed at twenty two thousand dollars, and that the same property for the year 1893 was assessed upon the personal property books of said county at fifty thousand dollars; the said assessment was very unjust, excessive, and unequal valuation, and that the same should be reduced to the said valuation of twenty…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pacific Express Co. v. SeibertSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Kentucky Railroad Tax CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
  4. Slack v. JacobWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1875
  5. Upshur County v. RichSupreme Court of the United States · 1890

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  1. Coal & Coke Ry. Co. v. ConleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. State ex rel. Hardesty v. Aracoma—Chief Logan No. 4523West Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  3. United Fuel Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  4. State Ex Rel. Slatton v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Re: The Assessment of Shares of Stock of the Kanawna Valley BankWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959

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