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UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. WELD COUNTY

No. 22.

247 U.S. 282 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 510

62 L.Ed. 1110

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.C. Dorsey, with whom Mr. N.H. Loomis was on the briefs, for appellant and petitioner.

Mr. Charles F. Tew for appellees and respondents.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by the Union Pacific Railroad Company to enjoin the collection of a portion of the taxes levied on its property in Weld County, Colorado, in a particular year, the gravamen of the complaint being that the company's property was assessed at one-third of its value, while most of the other property was assessed at one-fifth and some not at all, and that this operated to place an undue burden...

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