Mo. Riv., Ft. Scott & Gulf R. R. v. Wheaton
Supreme Court of Kansas
Mrror from Bourbon District Court. The Missouri Biver, Fort Scott ¿f Gulf Bailroad Company as plaintiffs commenced an action in the district court of Bourbon county to restrain the defendant, G. S. Wheaton, who is sheriff of said county, from collecting certain taxes claimed to be illegal.
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Mrror from Bourbon District Court. The Missouri Biver, Fort Scott ¿f Gulf Bailroad Company as plaintiffs commenced an action in the district court of Bourbon county to restrain the defendant, G. S. Wheaton, who is sheriff of said county, from collecting certain taxes claimed to be illegal. A motion was made in said case before the judge of said court, at chambers, for a temporary injunction- to restrain the collection of said taxes until the case could be finally heard in court. The judge overruled said motion, and this ruling the plaintiffs assign for error. The taxes were assessed against…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The petition below, and the evidence used on the hearing of the motion for a temporary injunction show, or tend to show, that the taxing officers of Bourbon county assessed a tax against the “Western Union Telegraph Company,” on a certain telegraph line running through said county, which did not in fact belong to the said Telegraph Company, but did belong to the plaintiffs; that a warrant was issued by the treasurer of said county against the goods and chattels of the said Telegraph Company, and that the said defendant, as sheriff' of…
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