State, ex rel. Hinson v. Nickerson
Decision Date | 04 March 1916 |
Docket Number | 18552 |
Citation | 156 N.W. 1039,99 Neb. 517 |
Parties | STATE, EX REL. T. N. HINSON, APPELLEE, v. JOHN T. NICKERSON, APPELLANT |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
APPEAL from the district court for Furnas county: ERNEST B. PERRY JUDGE. Reversed and dismissed.
Judgment of the district court reversed and action dismissed.
Lambe & Butler and J. F. Fults, for appellant.
J. B Smith and John Stevens, contra.
This is an action in mandamus brought by relator as a citizen and taxpayer of Beaver City, in the district court for Furnas county, against respondent, county clerk of that county, to compel respondent to enter on the tax list the property of B. F. Seibert and others, so that said property may be held subject to the tax levied for city purposes by the city of Beaver City for the year 1913. A peremptory writ was issued, and respondent has appealed.
On and prior to April 1, 1913, the property herein sought to be subjected to the city tax was within the corporate limits of the city, and was duly listed and assessed for taxes for that year by the assessor of Beaver City. July 1 following Seibert and the other property owners procured a judgment and decree of the district court detaching their real estate from the city. This decree was not appealed from and is in full force and effect. Taxes were assessed and levied for city purposes for the year 1913, but the county clerk refused to extend the levy and assessment against the property covered by this decree.
Property "within the city" can be taxed for city purposes. This property was "within the city" until July 1. After that time it was not within the city. The question is, then: When was it "taxed?" Is the property taxed when the assessor lists it and it is valued for taxation, or is it taxed when the levy is made? The levy was made by the county board about 10 days after the property was put out of the city.
An exactly similar case has been decided by the supreme court of Utah, Gillmor v. Dale, 27 Utah 372, 75 P. 932. The syllabus shows how exactly like our statute theirs is. It is as follows: ...
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