Tallassee Manufacturing Co. v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Elmore. Heard before the Hon. Charles Turner. The bill in this case was filed on the 24th February, 1878, by the “ Tallassee Manufacturing Company Number One,” a corporation chartered by an act of the general assembly of this State, against John S. C. Glenn, the tax-collector of Elmore county; and sought to enjoin a sale of the complainant’s property by the defendant, under a levy and advertisement, for the unpaid taxes for the years…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Elmore. Heard before the Hon. Charles Turner. The bill in this case was filed on the 24th February, 1878, by the “ Tallassee Manufacturing Company Number One,” a corporation chartered by an act of the general assembly of this State, against John S. C. Glenn, the tax-collector of Elmore county; and sought to enjoin a sale of the complainant’s property by the defendant, under a levy and advertisement, for the unpaid taxes for the years 1869,1870, and 1871. There was a controversy between the company and a former tax-collector, one Spigener, in reference to…
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
The appellant obtained an injunction against the appellee, as tax-collector of Elmore county, to restrain him from selling its property for the payment of certain taxes levied upon it. The bill filed for the purpose alleged, that a controversy at law was pending between the parties about the matter, when the legislature, at the instance of the appellant, passed an act authorizing and appointing the *491auditor to ascertain what amount of taxes in question the company was liable to pay, and to certify the same to the tax-collector, who should receive it in full satisfaction, provided the company…
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