Benson v. Town of LeClaire
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — F. D. Letts, . Judge. Appeal from the judgment1 of the court below, affirming the finding of the town council of the incorporated town of LeClaire, sitting as a board of equalization.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
On or about March 1, 1915, plaintiff purchased a 97-acre tract of farm land, lying within the limits of the incorporated town of LeClaire, for a consideration of $16,490. For the year 1913, this tract had been valued, for purposes of taxation, at $6,240, and for the year 1915, at $9,800. Plaintiff did not know that the assessed value was raised in 1915, until she went to pay her taxes in 1916. The land was assessed in 1917 at the same value as in 1915. Plaintiff appeared before the board of equalization in 1917, *507and objected to the value fixed by the assessor, upon the ground that same was…
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