Albershart v. Donaldson

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

The district of Highlands, in Campbell County, was incorporated as a taxing district by a special act of the Legislature, in the year 1867, and between that time and the adoption of the new Constitution, in 1891, several amendments to the charter of the district were passed by the General Assembly; under the charter and amendments it was merely a taxing district and was not incorporated as a city or town. By an act of the last General Assembly the act assigning the cities and towns of the State to the class to which they belong was amended…