State v. Central Pacific Railroad
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, Lander County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The records of the board does show that a complaint was made for reduction..
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Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, Lander County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The records of the board does show that a complaint was made for reduction.. (Facts in record stated.) The record shows clearly that the appellant was present, seeking to have the assessment reduced; that Ryan, Cadwalader and Robinson were sworn and examined on the part of appellant; that the assessor, Duncan, was examined on the other side; that a petition, signed by two hundred and twenty-nine taxpayers, was introduced, praying that the board ‘ ‘ do not interfere with the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Belknap, J.:
This action is brought to recover judgment against the defendant corporation for taxes assessed against it in Lander county, for the year 1881, amounting to the sum of twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighteen cents.
The defense is based upon an alleged reduction of the assessment of defendant’s propertjr by the board of equalization, whereby the total amount due was reduced to the sum of fifteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars and three cents.
Evidence offered in support of this defense was excluded by the court, and judgment…
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