State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county, under chapter 8, p.. 70, Raws 1891, and amendment, to recover from defendant $44,447.95 delinquent personal property taxes. The case was tried before Bunn, J., who found in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $1,499.70 and interest. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
The state of Minnesota brought suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company’for taxes for the years 1899 and 1900, assessed by the state board' of equalization. Those taxes were assessed and an action at law to recover them was instituted under chapter 180, p. 251, Raws 1901. The telegraph company previously to the year 1899 had been assessed upon a valuation of $865,500. In that year the board, after due notice to the company, raised the valuation of its property toil,000,000. The Western Union refused to pay the tax based on that amount. It appeared from the return made in accordance…
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