TENNANT v. SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS COMPANY

No. 2990

355 P.2d 887 (1960)

John TENNANT, individually, and as County Treasurer of Sweetwater County, State of Wyoming, Appellant (Defendant below), v. SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 11, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman B. Gray, Atty. Gen., and W.M. Haight, Deputy Atty. Gen., amicus curiae, by Joe R. Wilmetti, Co. and Pros. Atty. of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs, for appellant.

Ellery, Hickey, Rooney & Walton, Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before BLUME, C.J., and PARKER and HARNSBERGER, JJ.


Mr. Chief Justice BLUME delivered the opinion of the court.

Sinclair Oil and Gas Company, a corporation, brought this action against the county treasurer of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, to enjoin the collection of the so-called County High School Fund created by Ch. 158, S.L. of Wyoming, 1959, and declare that Act to be in violation of the constitutional requirement of uniformity of taxation. The trial court declared the Act unconstitutional and from that holding the...

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