Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Morton County
North Dakota Supreme Court
Cross Appeals from the District Court of Morton County, Nuessle, Special Judge. A contemporaneous and practical construction of either a constitution or a statute is entitled to great, if not controlling, weight. Cooley, Const.
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Cross Appeals from the District Court of Morton County, Nuessle, Special Judge. A contemporaneous and practical construction of either a constitution or a statute is entitled to great, if not controlling, weight. Cooley, Const. Lim. 4th. ed. pp. 81-86; Gaar-S. & Co. v. ¡3oxum, 11 N. D. 164, 90 N. W. 799; Wiles v. McIntosh County, 10 N. D. 594, 88 N. W. 710; Northern P. 17. Co. v. Barnes, 2 N. D. 310, 51 N. W. 386; Barrett v. Stutsman County, 4 N. D. 175, 59 N. W. 964; State ex rel. Edgerly v. Cunde, 3 N. D. 310, 55 N. W. 858; State ex rel.' McOue v. Blaisdell, 18 N. D. 31, 119 N. W. 360. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGoss, J.
This is in form an action to quiet title to three tracts of land included within the limits of the right of way of plaintiff company through said county. The object sought is to have declared void a tax levied in 1914 as for- property then and prior years omitted from taxation. Three different classes of sites have thus been taxed, via., an elevator site, a lumber-yard site, and an oil-tank station site. The lumber and oil companies interested have also filed briefs and appear by separate counsel. The case was tried upon stipulated facts. The judgment canceled the lien and the tax as to the…
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