Legal Opinion
County of Santa Clara v. Southern Pac. R. Co.
United States Circuit Court
Decided September 17, 1883PublishedCited by 62 opinions
At Law.
1Opinion of the Court
Field, Justice.
These are actions for the recovery of unpaid state and county taxes levied upon certain property of the several defendants, either for the fiscal year of 1881 or of 1882, and alleged to he due to the plaintiffs, with an additional 5 per cent, as a penalty for their non-payment and interest. The defendants are corporations formed under the laws of California, and the taxes claimed were levied on the franchise, roadway, road-bed, rails, and rolling stock of each of them as a unit, without separation or distinction in the valuation of the different parts composing the whole. To…
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