Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Koontz
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Shenandoah county, rendered September 15th, 1882, in a suit wherein the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was plaintiff, and George W. Koontz, treasurer of said county, was defendant.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Shenandoah county, rendered September 15th, 1882, in a suit wherein the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was plaintiff, and George W. Koontz, treasurer of said county, was defendant. At their regular meeting on 25,th July, 1881, the board of supervisors of Shenandoah assessed and taxed for county and school purposes, for the year 1881, the Strasburg and Harrison-burg branch, the Winchester and Harrisonburg branch, and the Virginia Midland branch, of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, at $5,000 per mile, for the thirty-two, three, and two miles they…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The record of the proceedings had in this cause in the circuit court discloses, that the hoard of supervisors of Shenandoah county, at their regular annual meeting, held on the 25th of July, 1881, as authorized hy law (Session Acts 18T8-9, page 298, section 6), proceeded to make their regular annual general levy for county purposes, and levied a tax upon the real and personal property, lying within the limits of Shenandoah county, belonging to the Strasburg and Harrisonburg railroad, the Winchester and Strasburg railroad, and the Virginia Midland railroad—the said railroads being operated and…
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