State v. Clarke
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Proceeding in the district court for Hennepin county to enforce payment of tax upon personal property. The court, Smith, J., having ordered judgment against defendant in the sum of fl,395.67, the questions mentioned in the opinion, at the request of defendant, were certified to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
In the year 1883, 15,000,000 feet of pine logs were assessed for taxation to N. P. Clarke, in Hennepin county, in this state. He failed to pay the tax levied thereon, and on September 20, 1884, a citation was issued out of the district court of that county, citing him to show cause why judgment should not be entered against him for the tax. He appeared and answered, and the proceeding remained pending some eleven years, until 1895, when it was tried by the court, and judgment ordered for the state. The claim of Clarke is that he was not legally assessed for these logs in Hennepin county, but…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clarke v. County of StearnsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
3Cited by6 opinions
- Remy, Schmidt & Pleissner v. HealyMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Clarke v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- State ex rel. Town of Twin Lakes v. HynesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Laird, Norton Co. v. County of PineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- State v. BellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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