St. Joseph & G. I. R. Co. v. Devereux

This is a bill, filed by complainant, to enjoin the collection of taxes on a bridge crossing the Missouri river at St. Joseph. The entire bridge was assessed by the county authorities of Doniphan county as being an independent structure, and wholly within the limits of the county. The bridge was built under a special charter, but afterwards became the property of the railroad company, the complainant. Complainant returned the bridge to the railroad assessors of the state as a part of- its mileage, and without in any wise specifying that it was a .bridge. It cost over half a million of…