Legal Opinion
City of Anchorage v. Akers
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided October 10, 1951No. A-7061PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLTA, District Judge.
On July 30, 1951, the defendant-appellant, hereinafter referred to as the appellant, was convicted in the municipal court of Anchorage, Alaska, for a willful failure to file a personal property return, and fined $50. On appeal to this court, the appellant challenges the city’s power to tax, on the grounds:(1) That the order of this court of November 23, 1920, incorporating the town of Anchorage, is void because it fails to describe the boundaries thereof, and(2) That if said order is not void, then that the area known as Government Hill in which appellant resides, could…
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- Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by2 opinions
- City of Anchorage v. Chugach Electric Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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