City of Emporia v. Griffith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The controversy here is whether the county or city authorities shall expend a certain part of the money which resulted from a tax levied against the taxable property of Lyon county for constructing and maintaining a county road. Under authority of chapter 248 of the Laws of 1911 the board of county commissioners levied a one-mill tax upon all the taxable property of the county for county roads. Emporia is a city of the second class, with a property valuation of $10,550,000, and under this levy there has *977■already been collected on city…