Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co v. People ex rel. Black

At the May term 1886 of the county court-of Clay county, the collector for that county applied for judgment for certain delinquent road taxes. Plaintiff in error filed objections to the application, and the case is brought before us by writ of error for the purpose of reviewing the action of the county court in overruling those objections, and entering judgment against the “railroad track” of the plaintiff in error in said county for certain district road taxes.

The first objection is, that the county clerk had no authority to extend the tax against the Ohio and Mississippi Bailway Company in…