Jopling v. City of La Grange

GRAY, Justice.

C. C. Jopling filed this suit against the City of La Grange, its Assessor-Collector of Taxes and its Board of Equalization seeking to have declared invalid the action of the Board increasing property valuations 7 per cent, and for an injunction restraining the collection of all taxes resulting from such increased valuation.

The suit was brought by Jopling individually and for all persons in the same class with him, that is, all persons owning real or personal property in said city subject to taxation.

There appears to be no substantial dispute as to the facts. The 'city had levied…