Palmes v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. The bill of complaint was filed March 25th, 1882, and is in substance as follows : 1st. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of Kentucky and doing business in the State of Florida, brings this, its bill, against Manuel Palmes, Collector of Revenue in and for said county, and says that the respondent has levied upon and offered for sale on the 8d day of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. The bill of complaint was filed March 25th, 1882, and is in substance as follows : 1st. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of Kentucky and doing business in the State of Florida, brings this, its bill, against Manuel Palmes, Collector of Revenue in and for said county, and says that the respondent has levied upon and offered for sale on the 8d day of April, 1882, the following property, to-wit: 2 locomotives and (10) box.cars Nos. 4279,1924,1364,1368, 2046,19229, 8683,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
The material question involved in this case, the one which the State and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad-Company ask consideration of here, is whether the line of railway extending from Pensacola bay to the north line of the State of Florida, leading in the direction of Montgom-' *262ery, Ala., its fixtures and appurtenances and property of every description, is exempt from taxation for the period of thirty-five years from its completion. This question was involved in the case of Gonzalez vs. Sullivan, 16 Fla., 791, and with the lights then before us we held that it was.
After careful…
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