Elizabethtown & Paducah R. R. Co. v. Trustees of Elizabethtown
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED That section 28 of appellant’s charter relates to local taxes: 2 Harrison, 80, State v. Berry. 1 Zab. 558, Gardner v. State. 1 Stockt.
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Case 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED That section 28 of appellant’s charter relates to local taxes: 2 Harrison, 80, State v. Berry. 1 Zab. 558, Gardner v. State. 1 Stockt. Ch. 434, P. & H. R. B. Co. v. Jersey City. 8 Harrison, 12, O. & A. B. B. v. Hallagas. 3 Harrison, 71, C. & A. B. B. v. Commissioners. 38 Miss. 334, Southern B. B. Co. v. Mayor of Jackson. 31 111. 484, Neustadt V..I11. 0. B. B. Co. That the amendment of appellees’ charter did not authorize the taxes levied, by appellees: Angelí & Ames on Corporations, section 767. 7 Dana, 342, Johnson v.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lindsay
The act to amend the charter of the town of Elizabeth-town, approved February 17, 1871, authorizes the board of trustees to levy and collect “ a tax on railroad companies for all property owned by said companies in the limits of Elizabeth-town, except rolling stock, sucli as freight and passenger cars, *236to be levied at the same rate on the value as may be assessed upon the property of private individuals.”
The trustees, under this act, assessed certain property owned by the Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad Company, and to enforce the collection of the tax levied, the marshal seized and was…
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