Gotten v. Gowen

This is a bill to enjoin the collection Of taxes levied by the town of Bartlett, in Shelby county, for municipal purposes. It is sought to restrain the collection of these taxes upon the ground that the town of Bartlett has no corporate existence, and hence the levy is void. To sustain the allegation that the town has no corporate existence, it is charged that the election for its incorporation was held by authority of commissioners of registration of Shelby county, and not by the sheriff of that county, and that the certificate indorsed upon the charter is signed by C. H. Caldwell, the…