Burlington & Missouri River Railroad v. Board of County Commissioners
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree rendered in the district court of Lancaster county, by Pound, J., enjoining the collection of tax as levied by said defendants on the “depot grounds” of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
The questions presented by this appeal were in substance presented, considered, and decided in the case between the same parties reported in 7 Neb., 33. The levy for taxes of the year 1874 were involved in that case. Those for the taxes of 1875, 1877, and 1878, on .the same property, are involved in this. This ground consisted of an oblong piece of land 700 by 1,500 feet in extent, through which the main line of plaintiffs railroad runs, and which it claims to own and hold as depot grounds. The-case turns on the question whether upon the facts as stated in the pleadings and proved upon the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burlington & Missouri River Railroad v. Board of CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1878
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