Muse v. Town of Lexington
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HENDERSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Henderson County. — A. G. Hawkins, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard
The bill in this case was filed by resident taxpayers of the town of Lexington, Tenn., to have certain bonds which were issued in the name of that town declared void for illegality in their issuance and to enjoin the further collection of taxes to pay interest on them.
Among the defendants are the town of Lexington and the St. Louis Trust Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Missouri, as well as other owners and holders of these bonds.
In the year 1889 certain persons living in the town of Lexington undertook to incorporate the territory embracing it into a…
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