Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Cheyenne
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. The bill in this case was filed by the Union Pacific Railway Company against the city of Cheyenne and 'its marshal, Ryan, to enjoin the collection of certain city taxes for the year 1880, which the railway company alleged were unlawfully assessed against it.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. The bill in this case was filed by the Union Pacific Railway Company against the city of Cheyenne and 'its marshal, Ryan, to enjoin the collection of certain city taxes for the year 1880, which the railway company alleged were unlawfully assessed against it. The bill was demurred to by the defendants, and the District Court for the First Judicial District of Wyoming, in which the suit was brought, overruled the demurrer, and granted the injunction prayed for. The defendants adhered to their demurrer, and appealed to the Supreme Court…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. J ustice Bradley'
delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
It requires only a casual reading of this act to discover its purpose and object. The difficulty of assessing the value of railroad property in separate parcels, located in distinct cities and townships, is almost insuperable. A railroad cannot be regarded as mere land, like farm land, or building lots; its value depends upon the whole line as a unit, to be used as a thoroughfare and means of transportation. A separate mile or two of its length is almost valueless by itself. And then…
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