Legal Opinion
Caldwell v. City of Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1886PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Error tó the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Pound and Mitchell, J.J.
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Ch. J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff as assignee of one John Waugh, to recover from the defendant the sum of $120, paid under protest for license tax unlawfully exacted. The defendant demurred to the petition and the demurrer was sustained in the court below and the action dismissed.The following is a copy of the petition:
“The plaintiff complains of the defendant and says the defendant is a city of the 2d class, duly organized under the laws of Nebraska, and had on November 20th, a.d. 1883, more than ten thousand inhabitants.
“ That in the month of November, A.D. 1883, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mills v. RiceNebraska Supreme Court · 1873
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