State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Rickenbrode

The suit is to enforce the State’s lien for taxes against the land of defendants situated in Consolidated School District Number Four, Livingston County. The amount claimed was $97.71, of ‘which $54.23 was school taxes. The defendants tendered $84.95, the amount they admitted to be due, which included $41.47 of school taxes, claiming that the balance of the school taxes assessed were contrary to the Constitution and the statutes relating to assessments for school purposes.

The school district had voted a levy of 100 cents on the one hundred dollars’ valuation, for school taxes. The defendants…