Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Bill by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company against John R. Sullivan, Treasurer of Bent County, Colo., and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree which dismissed a bill in equity, exhibited to prevent the treasurer of Bent *459county, in the state of Colorado, from collecting of the complainant, taxes which it alleged were illegal and excessive. The Constitution of that state required Uxe« to be uniform upon the same class of subjects (article 10, § 3), and the statutes required all taxable property to be assessed at its full cash value. The State Board of Equalization was required to assess the railroad property of each railroad company in the state as a unit and to apportion the…
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