Graham v. Kennedy

This was a proceeding in the court below, by the appellant, against the appellee, who was then treasurer of Daviess county, to enjoin the collection of certain taxes, alleged to have been wrongfully assessed. It was, in substance, charged in the complaint, that in November, 1873, the appellant deposited fifteen thousand dollars in Government bonds, with Messrs. Spink & Veale, and took from them a mortgage to secure the return of said bonds, in November, 1874, without parting with his property in said bonds. That in May, 1874, said mortgage was listed and assessed against him, the appellant,…