Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Randle

The county court, over the objections of appellant, entered judgment against and order of sale of appellant’s property for delinquent school and bridge taxes. Only so much of the school tax included in the judgment was objected to as exceeded two per cent of the assessed value of appellant’s property, appellant’s contention being, that the city was limited to that amount by provisions of its former special charter which were not abrogated by its adoption of the general law for the incorporation of cities and villages.

It is well settled that the adoption of the general law did not abrogate…