Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Powell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing,

This is a proceeding under the Declaratory Judgment Act to determine the rights of the parties with respect to the amount of taxes payable for the year 1924 by appellant for use of the Ekron white graded school district, and the colored common school district covering the same territory.

The facts are these: By virtue of an election the tax rate for school purposes on the property of white persons in the Ekron district for the year 1924 was fixed at $1.00 on the $100.00. On the other hand, the county school levy on property outside of graded school…