Plummer v. Township of Edwards

Plaintiff sues to recover taxes for the year 1889, assessed upon real estate, situated in defendant township, and paid by him under protest.

1. It is claimed by plaintiff that the township tax was illegal, because it included the sum of $1,350 for the payment of maturing township bonds, and that the inclusion of this amount was not authorized. The record of the township meeting, held April 1, 1889, shows that a vote was had, and that a majority of the electors voted to pay the bond of the township when it became due. The township board, at a meeting held June 24, 1889, adopted the following:

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