City of Pueblo v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Pueblo County. This was a case submitted to the district court in June, 1885, upon an agreed statement of facts showing that the city of Pueblo was at the time of such submission, and at all times to which the statement relates, a duly organized city of the second class, under an act of the general assembly of this state relating to municipal corporations, approved April 4, 1877, and the acts amendatory thereof, and. that the defendant,…
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Appeal from District Court of Pueblo County. This was a case submitted to the district court in June, 1885, upon an agreed statement of facts showing that the city of Pueblo was at the time of such submission, and at all times to which the statement relates, a duly organized city of the second class, under an act of the general assembly of this state relating to municipal corporations, approved April 4, 1877, and the acts amendatory thereof, and. that the defendant, Christopher Wilson, was at the time of such submission the treasurer of Pueblo county. In October, 1881, the city council of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
The constitution of the state (art. 10, sec. f) provides that the general assembly may, by law, vest in the corporate authorities of any county, city, town or other municipal corporation, respectively, the power to assess and collect taxes for all purposes of such corporation. *596Section 3 of the same article provides that ‘£ all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax. -x- * *55 n hag been held that the word “taxes,” as used in the section last referred to, does not include special assessments against property specially…
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