LaGrange v. Skiff
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buena Vista District Court. — Hon. D. P. Coyle, Judge. Action in equity to secure the cancellation of a tax alleged to have been erroneously and illegally assessed and levied against plaintiff and against his property located within the present corporate limits of the city of Storm Lake, the tax being the levies made for city or municipal purposes for the year 1912. Plaintiff asks that defendants be enjoined from selling said property to enforce the collection of…
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Appeal from Buena Vista District Court. — Hon. D. P. Coyle, Judge. Action in equity to secure the cancellation of a tax alleged to have been erroneously and illegally assessed and levied against plaintiff and against his property located within the present corporate limits of the city of Storm Lake, the tax being the levies made for city or municipal purposes for the year 1912. Plaintiff asks that defendants be enjoined from selling said property to enforce the collection of the tax. The city intervened, claiming that the tax was a legal and valid tax. The cause was tried November 21, 1913,…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
*1451- bobo»?appealactío? to^n^' amountXihvolved. *144— 1. Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this court does not have juris*145diction, for the reason that the amount in controversy, as shown by the pleadings, does not exceed one hundred dollars, and there has been no certificate of the trial judge, as provided by section 4110 of the Code; that the only purpose of the action was to cancel the tax; that the removal of the apparent lien or cloud upon the title to plaintiff’s land is only incidental and is relief which would follow as a matter of course with the…
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- Windsor v. Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
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