Webster City v. Wright County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court. — Hon. W. D. Evans, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin the collection of a tax upon certain real estate in Wright County, Iowa, upon the ground that the property against which it was levied and assessed was exempt from taxation in the year 1907. ' The petition also asked that the tax be adjudged illegal and yoid, and that the county treasurer be directed to cancel the same.
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Appeal from Wright District Court. — Hon. W. D. Evans, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin the collection of a tax upon certain real estate in Wright County, Iowa, upon the ground that the property against which it was levied and assessed was exempt from taxation in the year 1907. ' The petition also asked that the tax be adjudged illegal and yoid, and that the county treasurer be directed to cancel the same. The defendants demurred to the petition as amended, and, the said demurrer being overruled, defendants 'elected to stand thereon, and a decree was entered as prayed. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Kendall Young, now deceased, a resident of Hamilton County, died testate on June 30, 1896, seised of the lands now in controversy, containing about six hundred and forty acres. By his last will and testament he devised and bequeathed his entire estate, subject to the support of his widow during life, to the city of Webster City, Iowa, in trust for the establishment and maintenance of a free public library in said city, to be known as the “Kendall Young Library,” on condition that the same be taken, held, managed and controlled by certain persons, naming them, and their successors in office.…
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