Iowa Railroad Land v. Woodbury County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. Action to recover certain taxes illegally and erroneously collected, • as is alleged, from plaintiff. Plaintiff obtained j udgment in the district court for a portion of the amount claimed, but the court denied it relief as to the balance of the claim. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEeicd, J.
In the year 1879, and prior thereto, plaintiff was the owner of a large number of tracts of land in Little Sioux township, Woodbury county. Being dissatisfied with the rate at which these lands were assessed for taxation in 1879, it appeared before the township board of equalization, and asked for a reduction of the assessment, and, this request being denied, it appealed to the circuit court. The appeal was not determined until the August term of 1881, when the court ordered a reduction of fifteen per cent of the assessment. While the appeal was pending in the circuit court, plaintiff paid…
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