Legal Opinion

Territory of Arizona v. Delinquent Tax List

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1889No. Civil No. 251PublishedCited by 3 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Apache. James H. Wright, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.

This is one of the cases wherein the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad resists the payment of the taxes for the year 1887 in the counties of Mojave, Yavapai, and Apache. There are questions common to each of those counties, but an independent one applies alone to the county of Apache, which question arises as to the jurisdiction of the court in which judgment was obtained against the railroad. A special appearance was made to the jurisdiction, and the contention made that, it being a special term of the court, there was no authority to try the tax cases. The complaint shows its being filed at the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brown v. HogleIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Spellman v. CurteniusIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  3. Clelland v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1878

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Nelson v. JordanArizona Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Tilge v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1911
  3. Cerro Cobre Development Co. v. DuvallArizona Supreme Court · 1916

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