Central Pacific Railroad v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an action brought in the name of the People of the State of California against the Central Pacific Eailroad Company in the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, under section 3670 of the Political Code of that State, to. recover a certain sum of money alleged to be due the State and various other sums of money alleged to be due eighteen counties of the State, for taxes for the fiscal year 1887…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an action brought in the name of the People of the State of California against the Central Pacific Eailroad Company in the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, under section 3670 of the Political Code of that State, to. recover a certain sum of money alleged to be due the State and various other sums of money alleged to be due eighteen counties of the State, for taxes for the fiscal year 1887 upon the assessment of the state Board of Equalization, judgment being demanded for the several sums of state and county…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
The assessment of the state Board of Equalization is not attacked on the ground of fraud, but it is contended that the value of the Federal franchise or franchises possessed by plaintiff in error was included therein, and that as the assessment embraced all the' property assessed as a unit, it was thereby wholly invalidated. Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U. S. 394; California v. Central Pacific Railroad, 127 U. S. 1.
By section 1 of article XIII of the constitution of California, it is provided that “all property in the State, not exempt-under the laws of the United…
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