United States v. Southern Oregon Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
Action by the United States of America against the Southern Oregon Company to forfeit certain land granted to the state in aid of the construction of a military wagon road, in which defendant prayed that Douglas and Coos counties, Or., be made parties defendant, and that they and) the sheriff and tax collector of each of the counties be restrained from enforcing the collection of taxes levied on the lands for the years 1909 and 1910. This proceeding is brought on by the…
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Action by the United States of America against the Southern Oregon Company to forfeit certain land granted to the state in aid of the construction of a military wagon road, in which defendant prayed that Douglas and Coos counties, Or., be made parties defendant, and that they and) the sheriff and tax collector of each of the counties be restrained from enforcing the collection of taxes levied on the lands for the years 1909 and 1910. This proceeding is brought on by the petition of the defendant praying that Douglas and Coos counties, Or., be brought in and made parties defendant also to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWorverton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is the contention of counsel for petitioner that since the government has sued to have forfeited to it the lands taxed the petitioner has no such title therein as will subject them to assessment and taxation by the counties in which they lie. The demurrer goes to the sufficiency of the petition upon which to award the relief sought. The facts set forth in the petition, of course, must he taken as true, and, further than this, the allegations in the complainant's bill touching the grant of these lands and the conditions upon which the grant was made must…
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- Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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