Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Flournoy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company against J. P. Flournoy, Sheriff, and others. From the judgment, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PRO YO STY, X
The State Board of Appraisers, by which the property of railroads is assessed and appraised for taxation (Act No. 106 of 1898, p. 153; No. 122 of 1900, p. 189), fixed the mileage of the branch lines of the plaintiff railroad company in the parish of Caddo, for the year 1908, as follows:
Natchitoches Branch.....32.82 miles @ $7,200 per mile
Side tracks................ 4.82 “ @ $1,800 “ “
Texarkana Branch.......37.91 “ @ $8,000 “ “
Side tracks................ 6.28 *• @ $2,000 “ “
And in transmitting this assessment to the assessor of the parish of Caddo it accompanied it with the…
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