Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R. v. Morris
Supreme Court of Kansas
Frror from Bourbon District Court. Petition for an injunction against Morris, as county treasurer, and Wheaton, as sheriff. Prior to the first day of March, 1870, the plaintiff, the Missouri River, Fort Scott $ Gulf Railroad Company, had completed its track and roadway from Kansas City, Missouri, through the counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami, Linn, and Bourbon, and to Girard, in the county of Crawford, in the State of Kansas, and was operating the same.
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Frror from Bourbon District Court. Petition for an injunction against Morris, as county treasurer, and Wheaton, as sheriff. Prior to the first day of March, 1870, the plaintiff, the Missouri River, Fort Scott $ Gulf Railroad Company, had completed its track and roadway from Kansas City, Missouri, through the counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami, Linn, and Bourbon, and to Girard, in the county of Crawford, in the State of Kansas, and was operating the same. The whole length of the road from Kansas City to Girard, (including 2.32 miles of side-track,) is 129 67-100 miles; of which 5-|- miles…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This action was commenced by the-plaintiff in error in the district court of Bourbon county,, to-set aside and enjoin the collection of a tax, amounting; in the aggregate to the sum of $13,648.37, levied by the officers of said county upon the railroad property of the plaintiffs in error, and upon an alleged illegal and unauthorized assessment and valuation of said property, attempted to be made in pursuance of ch. 124 of the laws-of 1869. The tax roll, including this tax, was at the time-of the filing of the petition in this case, in the…
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