State ex rel. Ransom v. Irey
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for mandamus. See opinion for statement of the case. The county treasurer of Douglas county lias authority, and it is his duty, to sell real estate upon which the city of Omaha bas duly levied a special assessment authorized by law, and which special assessment is delinquent and unpaid, there being no general taxes of any kind delinquent against the property upon which the assessment was levied and is delinquent.
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Original application for mandamus. See opinion for statement of the case. The county treasurer of Douglas county lias authority, and it is his duty, to sell real estate upon which the city of Omaha bas duly levied a special assessment authorized by law, and which special assessment is delinquent and unpaid, there being no general taxes of any kind delinquent against the property upon which the assessment was levied and is delinquent. (2 Dillon, Municipal Corporations [4th ed.], sec. 819; City of St. Louis v. Russell, 9 Mo., 507; Oity of St. Louis v. Allen, 13 Mo., 412; 2 Desty, Taxation, p.…
1Opinion of the CourtNorval, C. J.
This'is an original application for a peremptory writ of mandamus by the state, on the relation of Frank T< Ransom, against H. B. Irey, treasurer of Douglas county, to *189compel defendant to accept and receive from relator the amount of paving taxes assessed by the city of Omaha against the west 34J feet of the north 90 feet of lot 19 in John I. Redick’s Addition to Omaha, to sell said real estate to relator at private sale, and to make and issue to him the usual statutory certificate of sale. The cause is submitted upon a general demurrer to the application.
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