Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Board of Equalization

This is an appeal by Richardson county from a judgment entered in the district court for that county reversing a finding of its board of equalization in the matter of the assessment made against the property of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Corporation.

In June, 1923, the county assessor of Richardson county appraised certain property of the railroad situated within the county, and gave notice of this assessment to the tax; department of the company. Included in the assessment made were two parcels of ground, one consisting of 33.1 acres and another of .999 acres. A roundhouse, machine shops,…