Legal Opinion

Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 20, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Linn District Court. — TIon. Wirriam G. Thompson, Judge. This action is before us on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a judgment rendered by the district court on an assessment for taxation made against the plaintiff, for the year 1895. The issues and facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.

*4781 *477I. On the first day of January, 1895, the plaintiff owned and was operating a line of railway from a *478point within the limits of Cedar Kapids, through the incorporated town of Kenwood, and over certain unincorporated territory, into the incorporated city of Marion. It also owned and operated in connection therewith certain other lines or branches entirely within the limits of the city of Cedar Kapids. These tracks were laid upon and at the grade of the streets of these municipalities, and upon and at the grade of the public highway connecting said cities, over the unincorporated territory,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In re the Appeal of the Des Moines Water Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  2. Oskaloosa Water Co. v. Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
  3. Capital City Gas Light Co. v. Charter Oak Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
  4. Fidelity Loan & Trust Co. v. DouglasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  5. Brown v. Town of Grand JunctionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. First National Bank of Estherville v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  2. Barhydt v. CrossSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  3. First National Bank v. City Council of EsthervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. McLeod v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  5. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co. v. CumminsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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