Board of County Commissioners v. Bullard
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Finney district court; William Easton Hutchison, judge. STATEMENT. This is a suit by S. A. Bullard against the board of county commissioners of Finney county and William Ford, as treasurer of that county, to enjoin the collection of taxes assessed against a body of land owned by plaintiff in Finney county.
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Error from Finney district court; William Easton Hutchison, judge. STATEMENT. This is a suit by S. A. Bullard against the board of county commissioners of Finney county and William Ford, as treasurer of that county, to enjoin the collection of taxes assessed against a body of land owned by plaintiff in Finney county. He alleged that the assessment of the lands' for the year 1902 was unjust and excessive, in that they had been ■ assessed on an improper and illegal basis and proportionately' higher than a different class of lands in the same county, known as alfalfa lands, and proportionately…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, C. J.:
S. A. Bullard, not being satisfied with the valuation which the local assessor placed on his lands, invoked the jurisdiction and judgment of the board of equalization, but the decision of that board was no more satisfactory than the other, and he then carried the question to the district court, asking that tribunal to revalue his property and to grant an injunction against the collection of the tax imposed by *354the regular taxing officers. If this attack prevails and it should be held that the assessment of property in Finney county was…
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