People Ex Rel. Olson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Certain 1942 taxes levied in Marshall county are here involved, the same having been paid under protest by appellant. The county court affirmed the levies and the appeal comes directly to this court because of the revenue.

The objections of appellant assert that in the levies for the townships of Bennington, Lacón, and Richland, items for “Fees and Salaries of Town Officers” included specific sums for the highway commissioner of each township, which were for purposes not authorized by law, and therefore void. Why this result should follow is not made entirely clear by the objections, but as…