Acres v. Excise Board of Muskogee County

Sudy Acres et al. protested certain tax levies for the city of Muskogee, which protests were denied by the Court of Tax Review, and from the judgment of that court an appeal was taken to this court.

The record shows that earnings from the water department were appropriated by the city to the current expense fund.

It is the contention of the protestants that, under the charter provisions of the city, this attempted appropriation to the current expense fund is expressly prohibited, further than an appropriation equivalent to the taxes that would be levied against the waterworks plant if it were…