Town of Sparland v. Barnes

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Marshall county, awarding a peremptory mandamus against the town of Sparland, the appellant in this case, requiring it to levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay a certain judgment which had theretofore been rendered against it, in favor of one Mary Placher, for the sum of $1500, on account of an injury received by her, resulting from a defective sidewalk.

By the terms of the order, the levy was limited to two per cent on the assessed value of all property subject to taxation within the corporate limits of the town. Ho question is made…