Union Pacific Railroad v. Heuer

Plaintiff applied for an injunction to prevent the county treasurer of Platte county from collecting for the year 1911 taxes based on a ten-mill levy by the village of Platte Center for a “water-works fund.” It is alleged in the petition that the village taxing authorities, made other tax levies for the same year as follows: “For general fund purposes, ten mills on the dollar valuation; for sinking fund on village bonds, six mills on the dollar valuation; for interest on water bonds, two mills on the dollar valuation.” Plaintiff also alleged that it paid the taxes based on these statutory…