Union Pac. R. Co. v. Board of Com'rs of Weld County, Colo.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit in equity by the Union Pacific Railroad Company against the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
This is a suit by the Union Pacific Railroad Company against the commissioners of Weld county, Colo., and its tax-collecting officers, to restrain the collection of state, county, and municipal taxes levied for the year 1912. The complaint charges, in substance, that the property of the railroad company was assessed at one-third of its actual value, while all other property was assessed at not to exceed one-fifth of its value. It is also charged that some classes of property which should properly have been assessed for purposes of taxation were wholly omitted by the…
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