Ferguson v. Moore
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, April T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., March T., 1897, No. 3, dismissing plaintiff’s bill and refusing injunction. Bill for injunction to restrain the tax collector from Clinton township from enforcing collection of the road tax.
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Appeal, No. 179, April T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., March T., 1897, No. 3, dismissing plaintiff’s bill and refusing injunction. Bill for injunction to restrain the tax collector from Clinton township from enforcing collection of the road tax. Before Greer, P. J. The plaintiff’s bill alleged the levy by the tax collectors to collect a road tax; the refusal by the collectors to permit him to work out said road tax unless he signed a contract submitted by the commissioners; that section sixth, of the special act is inoperative and unconstitutional; that defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The plaintiff in the court below filed this bill in equity, seeking by perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants, who were. *355the road commissioners and tax collector of Clinton township, from selling two hogs or any other property of the plaintiff in payment of alleged work road tax or from interfering in any manner with any of the property of the plaintiff for that purpose. This injunction was asked for upon two distinct grounds, first, that no road tax was due from the plaintiff to the township, and secondly, that the warrant of distress, by virtue of which the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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