Harrison v. Willis
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM ROBERTSON. From the Circuit Court, October Term, 1871. Jas. E. Rice, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSneed, J.
Upon a motion to retax the costs in this case in the Circuit Court of the" county of Robertson, the plaintiffs, who were the unsuccessful parties in the litigation, moved to strike out the State tax of five dollars and the county tax of a like amount, adjudged against them, upon the ground that the statute imposing a tax upon lawsuits is unconstitutional and void. The motion was disallowed, and the plaintiffs have appealed in error.
It is insisted that the tax in question is but the imposition of a burthen upon the right of the citizen to go into the courts to have his wrongs redressed and his…
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