Legal Opinion
Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee Dist. v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1934No. Nos. 9838-9840PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
These three appeals are from one decree entered in six separate suits which were consolidated for trial.
Each of the three appellee railway companies had brought two separate suits against the appellant seeking to have held void the respective assessments of benefits made against its property within the confines of the St. Francis levee district of Arkansas for the years 1929 and 1930, respectively; also seeking an injunction against the attempted collection of any tax based upon said assessments.
Decree was entered granting the relief prayed.
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