Young v. Webster City & Southwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — How. S. M. Weaver, Judge. This is an action in equity, the object of which is to restrain the collection of a tax levied to aid in the construction of the Webster City and Southwestern Railroad, upon the grounds that said tax is illegal and void. There ivas a full trial in the district court, and the petition of the plaintiffs was dismissed. They appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1 raiuvoads • f°anechises°by ?s°notser;what — I. The Webster City and Southwestern Railroad Company was duly incorporated in the month of September, 1883. The object anc^ purpose of the incorporation was to build a railroad from Webster City to certain coal mines on the Des Moines river, in Webster county. The company was organized by W. C. Wilson, Jacob M. French and S. B. Rosenkrans, who each subscribed five thousand dollars to the capital stock of the company. They were all residents of Webster City, and in its inception the enterprise was purely local. It was not supposed that a…
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