Lott v. Ross & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. N. W. Cocke. The bill in tbis case was filed by W. H. Ross & Co., against Elisha B. Lott, who was the tax-collector of Mobile county, for the purpose of enjoining the collection by the defendant of a special tax, which was levied under the act approved February 21st, 1860, entitled “ An act for the improvement of the bay and harbor of Mobile.”
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. N. W. Cocke. The bill in tbis case was filed by W. H. Ross & Co., against Elisha B. Lott, who was the tax-collector of Mobile county, for the purpose of enjoining the collection by the defendant of a special tax, which was levied under the act approved February 21st, 1860, entitled “ An act for the improvement of the bay and harbor of Mobile.” The complainants were wholesale and retail grocers in the city óf Mobile, and the tax which the defendant was seeking to collect was twenty per cent, on .the gross -amount of sales of…
1Opinion of the CourtR. W. Walker, J.
By the d-th-section -di the act “ for the improvement of .the bay and harbor of Mobile,” and in order to aid the board of harbor commissioners in the performance of its powers and duties under that act, the president and commissioners of revenue for the county of Mobile were authorized to issue county bonds, 'to an amount not exceeding $800,000-.; and by the 5th section it was provided, “ that for the .purpose of giving credit to .-said .bonds, and providing the means of paying the interest ■upon them, and meeting the principal thereof, said president and commissioners of revenue shall cause…
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