Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. Liberty County

In 1926 the proper authorities of Liberty county made the usual tax levy, which included, among others, the following items; “9. For payment of interest installment due December 1, 1926, and June 1, 1927, on $40,000 issue of court-house bonds for Liberty county; 10. For payment of interest installment due by Liberty county on Coastal Highway bonds due November 1, 1926, and May 1, 1927.” The railway company, by an affidavit of illegality interposed to a fi. fa. issued against it in behalf of the county, challenged the validity of these items, and, its contention having been overruled in the…