State v. Duluth & Northern Minnesota Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $3,906.66, the unpaid balance of a sum equal to four per cent, on the gross earnings of defendant’s railroad for the year 1905. Plaintiff demurred to the answer, and from the order, Hallam, J., sustaining the demurrer, defendant appealed. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of the county of Ramsey sustaining the general demurrer of the state to the answer of the defendant. The defendant is, and has been since May 31, 1898, .a railway corporation duly organized under the general laws of this state, and since its organization it has operated a railroad within the state. It elected to and did pay as taxes a percentage of its gross earnings for the years 1899 to 1901, inclusive, at the rate of one per cent., and for the years 1902 to 1904, inclusive, at the rate of two per cent., as provided by sections 1 and 2…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Marr v. StearnsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- State v. Duluth & Iron Range RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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