Murphy v. Salem

This is a suit by J. E. Murphy against Charles Lembcke, John W. líoland and W. J. Culver, as assessor, clerk and sheriff, respectively, of Marion Countjf, and also against the City of Salem, to enjoin the assessment of plaintiff’s real property and the levy thereon or the collection therefrom of any municipal tax, and involves the constitutionality of an act of the legislative assembly (Sp. Laws 1903, p. 337), attempting to amend the charter of that city so as to include within its boundaries plaintiff’s premises, containing about 23 acres of farm land and having thereon a dwelling house,…