Show r 1 t y r 1 st Court CourtIn In Ii Ste St St Paul Pass Rules Rule Against H JosephA Joseph H a A decision was hand handed d down Monday Mon Mon- Monda da day in the U S circuit court of ap- ap an- an peas sitting in St S1 Paul in ill the case I ap-I I of Charles E MacJ Maclean an vs St Joseph Josi I Land company In April 1 1927 27 Judge Johnson foreclosed fore fore- foreclosed re- re closed a tax lien on property of theland theland the land la company compan 70 acres of which was included in the district The lien was b by Mr l MacLean who is reputed to have represented bond bond- bondholders bondholders boi holders of the district According to Judge Johnsons Johnson's decision the lands lai must be sold to satisfy claims of bondholders holders The case was appealed by br the land i 1 i company cOI and W was 3 ar argued ed before the circuit court in St Louis Luis last Jan Jan- January I J uary It u has been ben regard regarded d das as a test t e cae t e since the points point involved affect afT virtually all the te lands la in the district I Officials Official of the St St Joseph Land com com- company company co pany Monday indicated their intention intention int tion of carrying the appeal to the supreme court The Bonneville irrigation dish was formed ten years ago ngo to provide pro waters to cultivate lands here It w 3 bond bonded d for and since that time scarcely any tiny taxes have been een paid which together with pen pen- penalties penalties alfes and accrued interest have hae in- in increased i creased the debt to annually to 1 pay part or all nU of the interest and some of or the principal but many have not paid b because cause they felt that they were charged twice as much as the th project 3 actually actually- cost while still oth othera oth- oth othel'S oil ers era were unable to pay the amount demanded To try try to collect some of the tho back i interest on the bonds the Consolidated ed Securities company a n California corporation some time ago instituted instituted ted mandamus proceedings in the Federal court to enforce a jud judgment ment tendered rendered in the same court for the collection of worth o of interest coupons The court stated just just how the county county as- as assessor assessor a sessor and md county treasurer were to levy and collect this mone money IJ It re- re that the other state county w school property tax and the Bonn Bonne Bonne- Bonne yule ville t tax be placed on the same tax notice in sucha such a way way way that one tax x ta could not be he collected collected without the theother theother other believing because a great many pa pay their county taxes that they would also have to pay their Bonneville tax However of being able to collect the Bonne- Bonne Bonneville ville jIle tax the result most likely would i be that the people will viII not pay their theil country tax either cither I Court orders will not solve this thi problem for if they could it would d have e b been n settled long ago No ope one will have the property at the price The judge recently asked the cred- cred I itOl'S if they would have a 1 certain piece of property and continue to pay the Bonneville tax on the tIle same and then he turned to the owner of the theland land Janel and asked him if he would take t the land back and promise to o continue con con- continue paying the tax Ho He said ll If either cither of you will promise to con con- continue continue paying the tax I will give you the decision but neither accepted so this explains the whole situation If a settlement as has b ben been en pro pro- proposed posed P sed on probably a 33 per cent basis cannot be consummated then hen the case appears to be hopeless for forman many man years to come |