Brozka v. County Court of Brooke County

MAXwell, Judge:

By this proceeding the plaintiffs, taxpayers of the city of Wellsburg in the county of Brooke, seek to enjoin the collection by the defendants, public authorities of said county, of a county road tax of 20c on each $100.00 of the assessed valuation of all property within the said city. The trial chancellor awarded an injunction as prayed. The defendants appeal.

The legislature enacted a new charter for the city of "Wells-burg at the legislative session of 1931 (Acts 1931, chapter 82). The title of the act is as follows: “An act to amend and reenact chapter 14 of the Acts of the…