Western Ranches, Ltd. v. Custer County, Mont.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Montana
This is an action to recover a tax paid under protest, heard on cross motions for judgment on the pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
KNOWLES, District Judge.
The plaintiff is a foreign corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain and Ireland. This suit instituted by it against the county of Ouster, Mont., has for its object the recovery of the sum of $7,374.35, money, it alleges, it unlawfully paid under protest to the treasurer of said county as taxes levied upon certain horses and cattle. Plaintiff sets forth that it did not have in said county the horses or cattle named in the supplemental assessment made by tie assessor of said county on the 7th day of August, 1895. The allegations of the complaint are that a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- French v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Railroad Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Directors of Insane Asylum v. WolflyArizona Supreme Court · 1889
- Powder River Cattle Co. v. Commissioners of Custer CountyMontana Supreme Court · 1889
- Lee v. EvansCalifornia Supreme Court · 1857
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Birch v. County of OrangeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
- Brill v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Montana Ore Purchasing Co. v. MaherMontana Supreme Court · 1905
- Western Ranches, Ltd. v. County of CusterMontana Supreme Court · 1903
- First National Bank v. Sanders CountyMontana Supreme Court · 1929
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