People Ex Rel. Lyerly v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The appellant objected to a part of the county tax levied against its property in Union county for the year 1926, the same being seventeen cents on each $100 valuation levied and extended for the purpose of erecting a new county jail. The objection was overruled and judgment for sale was entered on application of the county treasurer therefor, and appellant has brought the record here for review.

It appears that the county clerk of Union county extended a rate of fifty cents per $100 assessed valuation for general county purposes, twenty-five cents for county highway tax and seventeen cents…