Balock v. Town of Melstone

Appellants filed this action in the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District in Musselshell County. Appellants requested the District Court to enjoin the respondents from taxing certain property they owned at the rates prevailing for property located in the town of Melstone and to refund Melstone city taxes on the property paid under protest. The Honorable Nat Allen heard the case sitting without a jury. Judge Allen concluded that appellant’s property was within the boundaries of the City of Melstone and denied the relief prayed for by appellants. This appeal followed.

The town of…