State ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Minnesota Tax Commission
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the Western Union Telegraph Company this court granted its writ of certiorari directed to Samuel Lord, J. T. Hale and J. G. Armson, constituting the Minnesota Tax Commission, to review the proceedings of the commission in the matter of the assessment of the telegraph lines and property of relator for the purpose of taxation for the year 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Certiorari to review the action of the Minnesota Tax Commission in the matter of the assessment for purposes of taxation for the year 1915 of the property of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
The telegraph company made and filed with the commission the annual statement required by law, showing in detail the property owned by it in this state. After a hearing, the commission determined that the “true cash value of the telegraph lines owned, operated or leased by the Western Union Telegraph Company in the state of Minnesota is the sum of one million four hundred and sixty-eight thousand…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States Express Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Treat v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- State v. United States Express Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- McNally v. FieldU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1902
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- Independent-Consolidated School District No. 27 v. WaldronSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
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