PROTEST OF CHICAGO R. I. & P. RY. CO.

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PROTEST OF CHICAGO R. I. & P. RY. CO.
1931 OK 491
2 P.2d 95
151 Okla. 60
Case Number: 22278
Decided: 07/28/1931
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

PROTEST OF CHICAGO, R. I. & P. RY. CO.

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¶0 Taxation--Tax Protest Disposed of in Accord with Stipulations.
On stipulation of the parties the judgment of the Court of Tax Review is affirmed in part and reversed in part.

In the matter of the protest of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company against certain taxes levied by the Excise Board of Oklahoma County. From the judgment, protestant appeals. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

W. R. Bleakmore and W. L. Farmer, for protestant.
Lewis Morris, County Attorney, and W. C. Lukenbill, for protestee.

ANDREWS, J.

¶1 The stipulation of the parties hereto for a settlement of the issues on this appeal, as follows:

"It is stipulated and agreed between the parties hereto that item XXXVI of protestant's protest involving the general fund of the Oklahoma City school district shall be sustained as to the sum of $ 65,111.70 appropriated by the excise board in the general fund under the subhead of 'capital outlay' for 'additions and betterments'; and said item of protest as to the remainder thereof involved herein shall be by the court dismissed.

"It is further stipulated and agreed that when said protest is sustained as to said sum of $ 65,111.70 appropriated for the purposes aforesaid, the levy for general fund purposes of said school district for the fiscal year involved should be reduced to the extent of 0.447 mill"

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