Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railway Co. v. Center Township

The complaint in this case, by reason of the number of exhibits therein set forth, is of unusual length, but the controlling facts, as shown by its allegations, are substantially as follows :

In the year 1870, Center township, in Marion county, voted a donation of $65,000 to aid in the construction of the Indiana and Illinois Central railway. The tax was duly assessed, placed upon the tax duplicate of Marion county, collected and passed into the county treasury. The appellant, by reason of consolidations, re-organizations and assignments, has succeeded to all the rights of the Indiana and…