St. Joseph & G. I. R. v. Steele
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This was a bill which was fill'd by the appellant, the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad Company, against, R. II.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This was a bill which was fill'd by the appellant, the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad Company, against, R. II. Steele, in his official capacity, as sheriff of Doniphan county, Kan., to restrain him from selling a portion of a bridge across the Missouri rivet* under a warrant that had boon issued by the treasurer of Doniphan county, Kan., to enforce the collection of certain taxes theretofore assessed against the bridge by the local authorities of Doniphan county. The eastern terminus of (lie bridge is in the…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
The first question that merits our attention on this appeal is whether the relief sought by the appellant is barred by the decree dismissing the appellant’s bill of complaint in the suit formerly brought by this appellant against John Devereux, the then sheriff; of Doniphan county, Kan., in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas. In the present action, as will he seen by the foregoing statement, the appellant bases its right to relief on the sole ground that the local authorities of Doniphan county had no right to assess any portion of its bridge which spans the…
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