Dubuque & Sioux City R. Co. v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Webster District Gov/rt. These are actions for a writ of mandamus to compel the Board of Supervisors to issue, in each case, an order to the treasurer of the county, directing the payment to plaintiffs respectively of sums of money paid by them for taxes, which they allege were paid by mistake. On final hearing the writ was denied. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Ch. J.
These cases were argued and "submitted together. They will be considered in one opinion. The plaintiffs demand writs of mandamus against the defendant to compel the refunding to them respectively of certain taxes which they allege they have paid upon lands in Webster county, which they claimed to be the owners of in fe^siinple at the time of the payments of the several taxes, and which they supposed they did own under the acts of Congress and the General Assembly of Iowa, making grants of land to aid in the construction of certain railroads in the State of Iowa, until it was…
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