State ex rel. Blades v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Mon. James D. Barnett, Judge. (1) The alleged levy of the $38.94 for the use and benefit of the special road district of Montgomery county was made without authority of law. State ex rel. v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 228. (2) The taxable value of railroad, telegraph and telephone properties in Montgomery county could only be fixed by the State Board of Equalization.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Mon. James D. Barnett, Judge. (1) The alleged levy of the $38.94 for the use and benefit of the special road district of Montgomery county was made without authority of law. State ex rel. v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 228. (2) The taxable value of railroad, telegraph and telephone properties in Montgomery county could only be fixed by the State Board of Equalization. Secs. 9338, 9339, 9340, 9359, 9363, R., S. 1899; State ex rel. v. Railroad, 82 Mo. 683. (3) The action of the county court at its May session, purporting to ascertain the value of all taxable…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Action to collect railroad taxes. Prom a judgment for plaintiff in the circuit court of Montgomery county, defendant appeals.
In the year 1908 the county court of Montgomery county levied taxes for county purposes to the amount of fifty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation on the right of way and other taxable property of defendant in that county.
Defendant contends that under section 11, article 10, of the Constitution of Missouri the county court was only authorized to levy against defendant’s property forty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation for county purposes, because the…
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