Durham v. Linderman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Oourt of Pottmoatomie County; before B. F. Burwell, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This was a proceeding in injunction brought in the district court of Pottawatomie county, to restrain the collection of taxes.
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Error from the District Oourt of Pottmoatomie County; before B. F. Burwell, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This was a proceeding in injunction brought in the district court of Pottawatomie county, to restrain the collection of taxes. The plaintiffs, who are defendants m error here, after severally describing their property, consisting of lots and blocks of land in the city of Keokuk Falls, Pottawatomie county, alleging their owner-, ship, averred the incorporation of the town, and that on the 1st day of February, 1894, there was a duly elected, qualified and acting'assessor of said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
McAtee, J.:
The question involved in the case is the validity of the assessment made by Deacon, as township assessor. It is provided in ch. 80, art. 2, sec. 2 of the Statutes of 1893, upon “Townships and Township Officers,” that:
“6062. — That all towns, villages or cities, having a population of one thousand inhabitants and over, are hereby declared townships for the purpose of this act, and shall annually at the general town, village or city election, elect an assessor whose duties and powers shall be the same as prescribed by law for township assessors.”
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