Fletcher v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. The inhabitants of Little. Rock are exempt from the county roacl tax. Acts 1866, p. 84. To the act of- July 16, 1868, which it is said repeals the act on which we rely, we make the following constitutional objections: 1. It was a revenue bill, and originated in the Senate. Const., Art. 5, sec. 19. 2. The act embraces more than one subject not included in its title.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. The inhabitants of Little. Rock are exempt from the county roacl tax. Acts 1866, p. 84. To the act of- July 16, 1868, which it is said repeals the act on which we rely, we make the following constitutional objections: 1. It was a revenue bill, and originated in the Senate. Const., Art. 5, sec. 19. 2. The act embraces more than one subject not included in its title. People v. Mitten, 82 III., 181; Hedges v. Rennaker, 8 Mete., (Ky.,) 257; Childs v. Monroe, iid., 75; Williams v. Pay-son,!1! La. An., 7; Bonnier ¶. Steele, 13 ¿<¿.,433; Wilkins v. Miller, 9 Ind.,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClure, J.
Fletcher, on behalf of himself and all other tax-payers of the city of Little Rock, filed his bill in the Pulaski chancery court, praying for a perpetual injunction restraining Oliver, as ex-officio collector of taxes, and all his deputies, from attempting to or collecting a certain road tax assessed and levied by the county court of Pulaski county, on the property in said county, lyihg within the limits of the city of Little Rock.
Fletcher alleges that said injunction ought to be granted on the following grounds:
First. That said road tax is levied without authority of law, and in violation of…
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