Blackman v. Dowling
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Dale County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Action by W. A. Blackman against J. R. Dowling, as treasurer of tlie city bf Ozark, to recover the sum of $3, paid under duress as a special school tax of 30 cents on each $100 'worth of property owned by the plaintiff during the years of 1919 and 1920, which property was situated within two miles of the courthouse of the city of Ozark, but outside of the corporate limits of Ozark.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Dale County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Action by W. A. Blackman against J. R. Dowling, as treasurer of tlie city bf Ozark, to recover the sum of $3, paid under duress as a special school tax of 30 cents on each $100 'worth of property owned by the plaintiff during the years of 1919 and 1920, which property was situated within two miles of the courthouse of the city of Ozark, but outside of the corporate limits of Ozark. From a judgment for the defendant, plaintiff appeals. It was agreed that the city of Ozark was incorporated (Acts 1894-95, p. 436), under an act of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1] The city of Ozark was incorporated by special act of the Legislature (Acts 1894-95, p. 436). In said act the corporate limits of Ozark covered a terrnx>ry one mile in every direction from the courthouse, and its municipal jurisdiction was fixed within such territory, included in which was the maintenance of a public school system. By act of the Legislature approved December 9, 1896 (Acts 1890-97, p. 127), the jurisdiction of the municipality, so far as the public schools were concerned, was enlarged so as to embrace a territory two miles in every direction from the courthouse. The…
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