Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Oregon Township

Appellant brought this action against Oregon Township of Clark County, to recover, as for money had and received, the amount of an alleged excessive payment of taxes made by appellant and received by said township. The excessive payment, according to the amended complaint, grew out of the fact that appellant had, under an erroneous belief as to its mileage in said township, reported four and fifty-two hundredths miles of its railroad as being in said township, whereas fifty-one hundredths of said mileage was in the adjoining township of Washington. It is also alleged that, under said mistake,…