Standard Pipe Line Co. v. Index-Sulphur Drainage District

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). It is first contended by counsel for the defendant that its pipe line is not real estate and could not be classified as^ such by the Legislature in the acts creating said improvement districts. There is a conflict in the adjudicated cases as to whether or not the right-of-way of a railroad company or of a telegraph company is subject to local assessments, but this court has held that the right-of-way of a railroad corporation or of a telegraph company is subject to local assessment as real property. Missouri Pac. Rd. Co. v. Comway County Bridge Dist.,…