Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. City of Atchison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atchison District Court. Action by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company against the City of Atchison, T. J. Emlen, as treasurer of Atchison county, and T. J. Fmlen, to recover certain taxes paid. Judgment for defendants on demurrer to the petition. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
*713The opinion of the’court was delivered, by
Johnston, J.:
This was an action brought by the railroad company against the city of Atchison, T. J. Emlen, county treasurer of Atchison county, and T. J. Emlen, to recover certain taxes claimed to be illegally paid, amounting to the sum of $264.55, with interest thereon at 7 per cent, from December 20, 1887. In its petition plaintiff alleged, among other things, that in the year 1887 it was the owner of personal property in the city of Atchison and a tax-payer of Atchison county; that in that year the city of Atchison, by its mayor and council, levied…
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