State ex rel. Mason v. Board of County Commissioners
Nevada Supreme Court
This was an original proceeding, on certiorari, in the Supreme Court. The affidavit set forth, among other things, that the county treasurer and ex-officio tax receiver of Ormsby County, in 1869, assessed the property of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company at $161,000, under the provisions of the act of March 12th, 1867, (Stats.- 1867, 111) ; that on January 11th, 1870, the company made an application to have the assessment equalized ; that such application was denied;…
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This was an original proceeding, on certiorari, in the Supreme Court. The affidavit set forth, among other things, that the county treasurer and ex-officio tax receiver of Ormsby County, in 1869, assessed the property of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company at $161,000, under the provisions of the act of March 12th, 1867, (Stats.- 1867, 111) ; that on January 11th, 1870, the company made an application to have the assessment equalized ; that such application was denied; that on January 25th,. 1870, a second application for equalization was made, upon which, application the commissioners…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Whitman, J.:
The Act of 1867, Stats. 1867, p. 111, providing for supplemental assessments, has been before considered. Virginia and Truckee R. R. Co. v. Ormsby County Commissioners, 5 Nev. 341; The State of Nevada ex rel. Swift v. Ormsby County Commissioners, 6 Nev. 95. From these cases it follows that the board of county commissioners was under that act empowered to modify, equalize or discharge any such assessment upon proper application of the party in interest.
Such application has been made in this case, and the assessment against the Virginia and Truekee Railroad Company…
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