Taylor v. Thompson

On the 5th of February, 1865, the legislature passed a law (page 102, private Laws of 1865), authorizing the towns in certain counties therein named, to levy a tax to pay bounties to persons who should thereafter enlist or be drafted into the army of the IThited States, a vote of the people of the township being first taken. The people of the township of Odell, in the county of Livingston, voted a tax under this law, and the appellant, alleging that he was a non-resident of the township, but owning property there, filed his bill to enjoin the township officers from its collection. The tax is…