Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Marshall County

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The bill was filed to enjoin a levy of a tax for general County purposes by the County Court of Marshall in excess of the twenty (20) cent maximum authorized by the general revenue act of 1927. The constitutionality of Chapter 873, Private Acts of 1929, which authorized Marshall County, designated by population, to levy a tax for general County purposes up to a maximum of thirty-five (35) cents, is attacked as special legislation affecting this County only, inconsistent with the general law applicable to all counties of the State, and in violation of Section 8, Art. XI, Section 8, Art. I,…