Robinson v. City of Columbia
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Whaley, J., County Court, Richland, August, 1920. Action by D. W. Robinson against the City of Columbia. From judgment for defendant the plaintiff appeals. cites: Act in question: 31 Stats. 273. Purpose was as a substitute for Sec. 2937, 1 Civ.
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Before Whaley, J., County Court, Richland, August, 1920. Action by D. W. Robinson against the City of Columbia. From judgment for defendant the plaintiff appeals. cites: Act in question: 31 Stats. 273. Purpose was as a substitute for Sec. 2937, 1 Civ. Code 1912. Act shall relate to one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title: Const. 1895, Art. Ill, Sec. 17; 16 S. C. 56; 80 S. C. 130; 51 S. C. 249; 68 S. C. 149. This provision entitled to a liberal construction: 59 S. C. 409; 106 S. C. 161; 111 S. C. 209. Act as enrolled is conclusive evidence of its terms: 104 S. C. 345; 39 S. C.…
1Concurrence
Mr. Justice Cothran :
I concur in the conclusions reached by the other members of this Court, but I feel that the far-reaching effect of this judgment justifies a separate statement, expressing in somewhat different form the grounds of my concurrence.
The plaintiff, a citizen of the City of Columbia, paid the amount of taxes levied by the city authorities upon his property for the year 1919, $123.65, under protest, and within the proper time brought this action to recover the sum of $33.45, that being the difference between the amount collected upon the basis of a 27J4-mill levy and the amount…
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