Yakutat & Southern Railway, a Corporation Libby, McNeill & Libby, a Corporation, and Bellingham Canning Company, a Corporation v. The City of Yakutat, Libby, McNeill & Libby, a Corporation, and Yakutat & Southern Railway, a Corporation v. The City of Yakutat, Alaska

227 F.2d 9 YAKUTAT & SOUTHERN RAILWAY, a Corporation; Libby, McNeill & Libby, a Corporation, and Bellingham Canning Company, a Corporation, Appellants, v. The CITY OF YAKUTAT, Appellee. LIBBY, McNEILL & LIBBY, a Corporation, and Yakutat & Southern Railway, a Corporation, Appellants, v. The CITY OF YAKUTAT, Alaska, Appellee. No. 14561. No. 14562. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. October 27, 1955. R. E. Robertson, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, Juneau, Alaska, for appellants. William L. Paul, Jr., Frederick Paul, Seattle, Wash., for appellee. Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, HEALY, Circuit Judge, and JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge. DENMAN, Chief Judge. 1 These are appeals from orders of the District Court directing the sale of appellants' real property to satisfy liens for unpaid taxes claimed by the City of Yakutat, Alaska. Appellants contend that the trial court was without jurisdiction to hear one of the cases, that this court has already decided that the evidence is not sufficient to support the orders, that procedural irregularities in the assessment of the taxes invalidate the tax liens, and that the amount of the judgment is erroneous. 2 Case…