Wells Fargo & Co. v. Harrington
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; J. B. Mc-Clernan, Judge. Injunction by Wells Fargo & Co. against John J. Harrington, County Treasurer of Silver Bow County, and another. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal. Franchises are property and taxable. (Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State Auditor, 166 U. S. 185, 41 L. Ed. 965, 17 Sup. Ct. Bep. 604; Board of Commrs. v. Rocky Mountain N. P. Co., 15 Colo App. 189, 61 Pac. 494; Iron Silver Min.
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'Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; J. B. Mc-Clernan, Judge. Injunction by Wells Fargo & Co. against John J. Harrington, County Treasurer of Silver Bow County, and another. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal. Franchises are property and taxable. (Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State Auditor, 166 U. S. 185, 41 L. Ed. 965, 17 Sup. Ct. Bep. 604; Board of Commrs. v. Rocky Mountain N. P. Co., 15 Colo App. 189, 61 Pac. 494; Iron Silver Min. Co. v. Cowie, 31 Colo. 450, 72 Pae. 1067; Cedar Rapids W. Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids, 118 Iowa, 234, 91 N. W. 1081; People v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
Wells Fargo & Co., a corporation organized under the laws of Colorado and authorized to do and doing business in this state, having paid to the secretary of state the fees required as a condition precedent to doing business here, and having paid its annual license taxes and taxes upon its tangible property, brought this action to restrain the collection of a further tax upon a valuation of $30,000 fixed by the assessor of Silver Bow county upon the company’s franchise on all intrastate business done by it in this state. The district court overruled a demurrer to the complaint, and the county…
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