James G. Ford & Co. v. McGregor
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Nye County. Thomas H. Wells, District Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The finding of the court that the money sued for was paid involuntarily, under protest and under compulsion, is fully sustained by the pleadings, the evidence and the law. (Burr. Tax. 266-269; Cool.
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Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Nye County. Thomas H. Wells, District Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The finding of the court that the money sued for was paid involuntarily, under protest and under compulsion, is fully sustained by the pleadings, the evidence and the law. (Burr. Tax. 266-269; Cool. Tax. 568, 569; Maxwell v. Griswold, 10 How. 242; Lamborn v. County Commissioners, 97 U. S. 185; State Tonnage Tax Cases, 12 Wall. 209; First Nat. Bank v. Watkins, 21 Mich. 483; Winzer v. City of Burlington, 6d Iowa, 279.) II. The payment was none the less…
1Opinion of the Court
'By the Court,
Murphy, J.:
Appellants Ford & Merritt are co-partners in the business of stock-raising. They are the owners of real estate, and personal property consisting principally of sheep, in Eureka county. They have no real estate in Nye county. Merritt resides in California. The home ranch, where appellant Ford resides, is in Eureka county, and is the principal place of business of the copartnership. The sheep are controlled, cared for and managed at their home ranch. In the early spring the sheep have been annually 'driven away from the home ranch, in charge of herders, into Nye county,…
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