Legal Opinion

Corn v. City of Cameron

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 7, 1885PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court, Hon. Geo. W. Dunn, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The evidence offered by the plaintiff will be taken as a concession that defendant was a city of the fourth class, and had the power and it was its duty under sections 4952 and 4953, Revised Statutes, to tax the plaintiff’s property and all other property “within such city made taxable by law for state purposes; ” and under said sections the tax book offered in evidence by…

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Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court, Hon. Geo. W. Dunn, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The evidence offered by the plaintiff will be taken as a concession that defendant was a city of the fourth class, and had the power and it was its duty under sections 4952 and 4953, Revised Statutes, to tax the plaintiff’s property and all other property “within such city made taxable by law for state purposes; ” and under said sections the tax book offered in evidence by defendant, and received without objection, with the certificate of the county assessor to the same, was, at least, prima…

1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.

This action was instituted in a justice’s court by respondent to recover from defendant the sum of $57.87, with interest, alleged to have been illegally collected by defendant from plaintiff on account of taxes imposed by defendant on plaintiff’s personal property. The contention of plaintiff is that at the time the assessment was made he was not a resident of the defendant city, and his personal property was only taxable at the place of his domicil. The contention of defendant is that the property assessed had acquired an actual situs within the jurisdiction of defendant. The case was tried…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Case of the State Tax on Foreign-Held Bonds. Railroad Company v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Bank of the Republic v. MillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Walker v. OwenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  4. City of Carondelet v. PicotSupreme Court of Missouri · 1866
  5. State ex rel. Taylor v. St. Louis County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Long v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  2. State ex rel. White v. Estate of TimbrookMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  3. Richardson v. PalmerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
  4. School District No. 1, Township No. 4, Range No. 16 v. WickershamMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889

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