Eyerly v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon. J. K. Johnson, Judge. Action of mandamus to compel tbe refunding of •certain taxes paid by plaintiff and by bis assignors to .aid in tbe construction of a railway. There was a trial by the court, and a judgment in favor of plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobiNsopt, J.
This cause has been considered heretofore by this court. 72 Iowa, 149. It was tried by the district court on an agreed statement of facts, frouu which the following appears:
On the nineteenth day of May, 1881, there was voted a tax of three per cent, on the assessed valuation of the property in Newton township, in Jasper county, to aid in the construction of the New Sharon, Coal Yalley & Eastern railroad, the name of which wasafter-wai’ds changed to the Chicago, Burlington & Pacific. The tax so voted was duly levied, and extended upon the tax books of the county, and placed in the hands of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Butler v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
- Manning v. MathewsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Eyerly v. Jasper CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Teabout v. Jaffray & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Eyerly v. Supervisors of Jasper CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
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- Smith v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1896