Iowa Railroad Land v. Soper
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Carroll District Court. On the 7th day of April, 1874, the plaintiff filed in the District Court its petition alleging that it is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa; that the defendants constitute the Board of Supervisors of Carroll county; that for the year 1871 said board levied upon all the property iii the county, including a large quantity of lands belonging to the plaintiff, county judgment taxes for the purpose of paying certain…
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Appeal from Carroll District Court. On the 7th day of April, 1874, the plaintiff filed in the District Court its petition alleging that it is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa; that the defendants constitute the Board of Supervisors of Carroll county; that for the year 1871 said board levied upon all the property iii the county, including a large quantity of lands belonging to the plaintiff, county judgment taxes for the purpose of paying certain judgments rendered against the county prior thereto, founded upon the ordinary warrants of the county issued for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Oh. J.
At the J une term, 1873, this court filed its opinion holding (Cole, J., dissenting,) in The Iowa Railroad La,nd Company v. Sac County et al., that under the statutes of Iowa then in force, the county Board of Supervisors having levied the maximum tax of four mills on the dollar of valuation for ordinary county revenue, had no power or authority to levy a further tax upon the taxable property in the county for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the county upon its ordinary county warrants: A rehearing was ashed by the plaintiff and granted upon other questions in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Stewart v. Bd. of Super. of Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- City of Bridgeport v. Housatonuc RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
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- Thames Manufacturing Co. v. LathropSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1829
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