Weaver v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dallas. Heard before the Hon. N. W. Cooke. The bill in this case was filed by Phillip J. Weaver, on the 29th June, 1863, against the State of Alabama, the county of Dallas, and the tax-collector of said county; and sought to enjoin the collection of a tax which had been assessed against him, for the year 1862, on $100,000 hoarded out of the State. ’ The bill alleged, that the complainant, acting under legal advice, did not include in his…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dallas. Heard before the Hon. N. W. Cooke. The bill in this case was filed by Phillip J. Weaver, on the 29th June, 1863, against the State of Alabama, the county of Dallas, and the tax-collector of said county; and sought to enjoin the collection of a tax which had been assessed against him, for the year 1862, on $100,000 hoarded out of the State. ’ The bill alleged, that the complainant, acting under legal advice, did not include in his list of taxable property, rendered to the tax-assessor, the proceeds of his cotton crop previously shipped to Liverpool,…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
Tbe complainant, having been assessed witb a tax on $100,000 boarded, applied to tbe court of county commissioners to correct tbe assessment. Tbat court, overruling the appbeation to be absolved entirely from tbe assessed tax on money boarded, held that tbe assessor bad committed an error in bis determination of tbe amount to be taxed, and adjudged tbat $62,728 was tbe correct amount to be assessed. Tbe judgment of tbe court of county commissioners was carried by certiorari to tbe *539circuit court for revision, and was by that court affirmed. We tbink tbe court of county commissioners bad…
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