Faribault Water Works Co. v. County of Rice
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in .the district court for Rice county, to recover .$704.78, taxes paid by plaintiff and alleged to have been illegally assessed.' Trial by Buekham, J., (a jury being waived,) and judgment •ordered and entered for defendant, from which the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The personal-property assessment of the plaintiff for the year 1887, as returned by the assessor, was raised to the extent of $20,000 by the common council of the.city of Faribault, sitting as a board of equalization, after notice to the plaintiff and a hearing in the matter. The plaintiff, having, under the compulsion of a warrant, paid the tax assessed on the valuation thus increased, instituted this action in the district court to recover so much of the tax as was assessed upon that increased valuation. The court found that the action of the board in raising the valuation was justified by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kipp v. DawsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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