Legal Opinion
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Central Weber Sewer Improvement District
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 23, 1955No. 8171-8176PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRIOD, Justice.
Consolidated appeal by a sewer district from 6 judgments which excluded certain real and personal property (of gas, phone, power and 3 railroad companies) from the district and thus relieved it of the tax burden provided for in Chap. 32, Laws of Utah, 1951, the pertinent sections of which appear below, matters deemed unimportant for this case 1 having been deleted, and italics supplied. Affirmed, no costs.
The statute allows creation of water and sewer districts by county commissions. A general tax (not a special assessment) is leviable against all taxable property in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Lehi City v. Meiling, City RecorderUtah Supreme Court · 1935
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Dairy Product Services, Inc. v. City of WellsvilleUtah Supreme Court · 2000
- Davis County v. Clearfield CityCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1988
- Xanthos v. Bd. of Adjustment of Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1984
- Peatross v. Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1976
- Sandy City v. Salt Lake CountyCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1990
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