Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railway Co. v. Whitney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. F. O. Ellison, Judge. Action at law upon an injunction bond given by Joseph W. Whitney as principal, and the defendants Le Olere and Pillard as sureties. The trial court directed a verdict for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
In December of the year 1904 Joseph Whitney, now deceased, brought an action against the plaintiff herein, whom we shall hereafter call the “Railway Company,” to enjoin it from prosecuting any proceedings for the collection of a tax voted in its aid by the electors of Boulder township, Linn County, Iowa. The action was against the railway company, and also against one Carroll, the county treasurer of Linn County, and the petition not only asked for an order restraining the collection of the tax, but also asked that the taxes so levied be 'declared null and void, and that he, on behalf of…
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