City of Kansas v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.—Hon. S. H. Woodson^ Judge. Eor the years 1868 and 1869, the property belonged to the Kansas City & Cameron Railroad Company; its stock was personal property, (Sess. Acts 1857, p. 162, § 21,) and the stock alone was subject to assessment.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.—Hon. S. H. Woodson^ Judge. Eor the years 1868 and 1869, the property belonged to the Kansas City & Cameron Railroad Company; its stock was personal property, (Sess. Acts 1857, p. 162, § 21,) and the stock alone was subject to assessment. R. S. 1855, p. 1331, §§ 30, 31, 32; Gen. St. 1865, p. 103, §§ 27, 28, 29. As against this defendant who acquired the property in February, 1870, the property could not be assessed in 1874 for the taxes of 1868 and 1869. State v. St. Louis, Kansas City § Northern BL’y Co., 77 Mo. 202. And the reason assigned for dissenting in…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
This is an action to recover taxes alleged to have been levied in favor of the City of Kansas, for the years 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1873, under the act of 1873, (acts p. 63). The city had a judgment for $10,931.24, from which an appeal was duly prosecuted to this court. Numerous errors are assigned which we shall notice as briefly as possible.
First, it is claimed that the city cannot maintain this action, even if entitled to the taxes, but that the suit must be prose'cuted by the county in the name of the State. Although the act of 1875 provides that the county court “ may at their…
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