Grizzard v. City of Leesburg

Chapter 14613, Acts of 1929, reduced the territorial limits of the City of Leesburg. In 1943 the City undertook to impose municipal taxes on the territory eliminated for that year and for the three preceding years. Petitioners brought this suit to enjoin the collection of said taxes on the theory that no municipal improvements had been made on the excluded territory and that they were not susceptible to municipal improvement. An amended bill was filed to which the City tendered an answer. The Court denied a motion to strike certain portions of Paragraph 2 of the answer. This is an appeal by…