Northern Pacific Railroad v. Patterson
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District, Gallatin County. The demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and judgment rendered for defendant by Henry, J. The prayer of the complaint is for an order of injunction, directed to the county treasurer, enjoining him from selling the lands described in the complaint, or any portion thereof, for the pretended taxes, and from executing any tax certificate therefor to any person, and that he be forever restrained from collecting said taxes;…
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Appeal from Sixth Judicial District, Gallatin County. The demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and judgment rendered for defendant by Henry, J. The prayer of the complaint is for an order of injunction, directed to the county treasurer, enjoining him from selling the lands described in the complaint, or any portion thereof, for the pretended taxes, and from executing any tax certificate therefor to any person, and that he be forever restrained from collecting said taxes; and that said taxes and tax proceedings be declared void, and be set aside and canceled. It is alleged in the first…
1Opinion of the CourtBlake, C. J.
This action was commenced by the appellant to obtain an injunction to restrain the county treasurer of the county of Gallatin, in this State, from selling certain lands, blocks, and lots, by reason of the taxes which have been levied thereon in the year 1889, or collecting the same, and also a decree that said taxes should be adjudged void.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is a corporation under the Act of Congress entitled. “An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific Coast, by the northern route,”…
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