State v. Duluth Gas & Water Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the district court for St. Louis county for collection of personal property taxes delinquent March 1, 1896, answers and objections were filed by the above-named defendants.
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In proceedings in the district court for St. Louis county for collection of personal property taxes delinquent March 1, 1896, answers and objections were filed by the above-named defendants. The cases, except that of the Duluth Street Railway Company, were tried before Cant, J., who decided that judgment should be entered against the Duluth Gas & Water Company for $25,925.90, against the Hartman General Electric Company for $4,765.40, against the Duluth Water & Light Company for $3,025.70, and against the West Duluth Electric Company for $276.32, and who certified the cases to the supreme…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
1. The facts in all these cases (which were brought to enforce the collection of personal taxes) being essentially the same, it will be sufficient to state those in-the case against the Duluth Gas & Water Company:
*101This is a domestic corporation organized to manufacture gas for public and private consumption, and to furnish water to the inhabitants of the city of Duluth, which is its principal place of business. It is not, and never has been, the owner of any annuities, royalties, or patent rights; and the only franchise it has ever owned, except the franchise to be a corporation, is the right…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Henderson Bridge Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Funk v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Carli v. Stillwater Street Railway & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- State ex rel. Duluth Belt Line Ry. Co. v. District Court of Eleventh Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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