Barrow v. County of Prince Edward
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Prince Edward county. Decree for defendants. Complainants appeal. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The appellants being taxpayers in the town of Farmville, in Prince Edward county, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, filed their bill in equity against the county of Prince Edward, its treasurer and board of supervisors, the object of which was to compel the repayment by such treasurer of road and poor taxes for the year 1913, and of the road tax for the year 1914, theretofore collected from taxpayers of the town of Farmville.
That a similar county road tax was illegally assessed for 1915 and could not be collected, has been this day decided by this court in the…
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