Legal Opinion

Bell v. Stevens

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 12, 1902PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Jackson District Court.- — IIon. A. J. House, Judge. Action at law under the provisions of Code, section 1314, to recover a sum alleged to be due for taxes upon property withheld from assessment. From the judgment of the district court sustaining a demurrer to the petition, the plaintiff appeals. —

1Opinion of the Court

Weaver, J. —

The petition, filed March 15, 1900, alleges that plaintiff is, and since the first of January preceding has been, the duly qualified and acting treasurer of ■Jackson county; that in the year 1895 one Mott Watson of that county willfully and fraudulently concealed and did not list *453for taxation certain moneys and credits, to the amount of $86,000; that Watson has since died, and defendants are the administrators of his estate; that the amount of tax which should have been paid upon said property is $3,-487.30, besides interest and penalties; that on the twenty-third day of December,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Galusha v. WendtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
  2. Barber v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  3. County Treasurer v. BunburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Sandlin v. Anderson, Green & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  5. Ede v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. García Commercial, Inc. v. Secretario de HaciendaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1958
  2. David Bradley Manufacturing Co. v. BurrhusSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  3. Brown v. LambeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  4. Freitag v. HuiskampSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  5. Robinson v. D. Ferguson & SonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903

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