State v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.

This suit was instituted on the 20th day *89of August, 1875, to recover certain State, county anil school taxes assessed against the defendant for the year 1874, together with the penalty prescribed by law for failing to pay the same when due, and an attorney’s fee of five per cent for prosecuting the suit. It was admitted at the trial that the taxes due the State were paid after the suit was instituted; and it was shown by the defendant that the county and school taxes were paid in twelve monthly installments, ending August 1st, 1876, with six per cent interest, but without penalty and without…