Central Pacific Railroad v. Corcoran
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, Twentieth Judicial District, Santa Clara County. The plaintiff was the owner of a railroad, extending from the city of San José, county of Santa Clara, through the counties . of Alameda, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Placer and Nevada, to the eastern boundary of the State, and thence to Ogden, in the Territory of Utah. Eight and ^ miles of its road was in the county of Santa Clara, which was assessed for the fiscal year 1872-3 at $7,000 per mile.
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Appeal from the County Court, Twentieth Judicial District, Santa Clara County. The plaintiff was the owner of a railroad, extending from the city of San José, county of Santa Clara, through the counties . of Alameda, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Placer and Nevada, to the eastern boundary of the State, and thence to Ogden, in the Territory of Utah. Eight and ^ miles of its road was in the county of Santa Clara, which was assessed for the fiscal year 1872-3 at $7,000 per mile. The complaint contained several allegations of irregularity in the assessment, and of errors committed by the Boards of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
It was held in Savings and Loan Society v. Austin, 46 Cal. 415, and the other tax' cases decided at the October term, 1873, and in Houghton v. Austin, 47 Cal. 646, that an injunction Avas not the proper remedy in those actions. Upon the authority of those cases, the order dissolving the injunction is affirmed.
Remittitur forthwith.
2Cases cited2 opinions
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