Catron v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
.Error to the District Court of Arehuleta County. Plaintiff in error, a nonresident owner of property situate in Archuleta county, filed his petition befpre the county commissioners of that county complaining of the assessment of his property for taxation by the county assessor. By the petition it is shown that he is the owner of that part of the Tierra Amarilla grant situate in Archuleta county, comprising about 86,000 acres of land.
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.Error to the District Court of Arehuleta County. Plaintiff in error, a nonresident owner of property situate in Archuleta county, filed his petition befpre the county commissioners of that county complaining of the assessment of his property for taxation by the county assessor. By the petition it is shown that he is the owner of that part of the Tierra Amarilla grant situate in Archuleta county, comprising about 86,000 acres of land. It is alleged that in the year 1891 this land was assessed by Archuleta county for the purpose of taxation at 75 cents per acre; that said assessment was made…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt
We are not advised by the record of the specific reason *556assigned by the court below for the dismissal of the appeal. It is stated by counsel for plaintiff in error that it was dismissed because the district court was of the opinion that the act under which the appeal was taken was unconstitutional and void. That such was the reason of the action of the district court is in fact conceded by defendant in error, although in this court it is further contended that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
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