Bowen v. West

The defendants in error are taxpayers living in Trinidad, who brought this suit against the county treasurer of Las Animas county and the city to restrain the collection of eer*323tain taxes. It appears by the complaint that city taxes had been levied to the e.xtent of 15 mills on the dollar. This with the state, county and school taxes made a levy against the several parties in interest in various sums which need not be enumerated. Three of the plaintiffs paid the first half of the taxes levied against them for all purposes, and the second half as to the state, county and school. The other one,…