Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J.:

This action was brought to recover taxes and interest paid under protest by the plaintiff in error to the treasurer of Miami county. To the petition the defendant demurred. The demurrer was sustained and judgment rendered against plaintiff.

In 1896 the state board of railroad assessors assessed the railway property of the plaintiff in Miami county at $2420.40 per mile. The total valuation, upon this basis, was $200,124.11. The total valuation of taxable property in said‘county, except railroad property, as returned by the county clerk to the…