Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Babcock
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The proceeding is void because the Board acted arbitrarily and in disregard of the express provision of the statute.
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APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The proceeding is void because the Board acted arbitrarily and in disregard of the express provision of the statute. In ascertaining the total valuation of the complainant’s lines of railroad in the State, it failed to give any consideration to the sworn statements, schedules and other infolmation required by the statute and without using any statutory or other recognized rule or method of obtaining -buch valuation. In fixing and returning the assessed valuation per mile of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are bills to declare void assessments of taxes made by the State Board of Equalization and Assessment for the year 1904, and to enjoin the collection of the same beyond certain sums tendered. The bills allege that the Board, coerced by political clamor and its fears, arbitrarily determined in advance to add about nineteen million dollars to the assessment of railroad property for the previous year, and then pretended to fix the values of the several roads by calculation. They allege that the assessments were fraudulent, and void for want of jurisdiction, and justify these general…
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