Ballentine v. Mayor of Pulaski

The chancellor dismissed this bill on demurrer and the complainants appealed. The bill was filed for the purpose of enjoining the collection of taxes under an ordinance of the corporate authorities of the town of Pulaski establishing, by virtue of a recent act of the Legislature, a system of free schools for the children of the town. The complainants are partly citizens of the town paying taxes, and partly owners of property in the corporation subject to the proposed taxation.

*635The municipal corporation of the town of Pulaski was created by special act of the Legislature in the year 1817, the…