Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Commissioners of Riley County
Supreme Court of Kansas
Et'ror from Riley District Court. Injunction brought by the Railway Company to restrain the collection of an alleged illegal levy of taxes upon the property of such company in the county of Riley for the year 1875. The district court ’granted a temporary injunction, but on the trial, at the September Term 1876, dissolved that injunction, and rendered judgment for the county. The Railway Company brings the case here.
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Et'ror from Riley District Court. Injunction brought by the Railway Company to restrain the collection of an alleged illegal levy of taxes upon the property of such company in the county of Riley for the year 1875. The district court ’granted a temporary injunction, but on the trial, at the September Term 1876, dissolved that injunction, and rendered judgment for the county. The Railway Company brings the case here. The total- valuation of its property in Riley county, as returned by the company itself to the auditor of state, was $64,525.46. The equalized valuation, upon which taxes for 1875…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
The questions in this case arise under the tax law of 1874, as amended by the legislature of 1875. The facts briefly are these: The railway company made its schedule and returns to the county clerks of the several counties, and to the state auditor, as required. The valuations as placed by the company were increased in the various counties, and as increased returned to the state board of equalization. So far as the counties other than Riley are concerned, there is nothing to show that the valuations were not so increased upon notice to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Auditor of State v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- Case v. DeanMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
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