State v. Brown

1 Reported in 248 N.W. 822, 249 N.W. 569. This case comes here on an appeal from a judgment against the appellant's real estate in the city of Hastings in a proceeding to enforce the payment of taxes delinquent on the first Monday in January, 1932.

The city of Hastings is a city of the fourth class operating under a home rule charter adopted March 11, 1907. This charter contains a provision limiting the total tax levy to 10 mills. In 1930 the total levy was 48.31 mills, of which 21.44 mills was for general city and municipal purposes exclusive of that levied for bonded indebtedness, interest,…