People v. Central Pacific Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District, County of Placer. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Wallace, C. J.:
This action is brought to recover of the railroad company the taxes upon some ninety-two miles of railroad and telegraph line, the property of the company, lying within two of the several revenue districts into which the County of Placer is divided.
The complaint, which is in the form usual in such cases, avers, among other matters, that the railroad company is a corporation duly organized and acting under the laws of the State of California, and is engaged in the business of constructing, operating, and running therein its railroad and telegraph line; that…
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