Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. School District

This is an application for an injunction to prevent defendants from collecting school district taxes assessed on the property of plaintiffs in Axtell school district in excess of a 35-mill levy. The plea in equity is that the school district exceeded its powers by attempting to authorize a 61-mill levy at an annual school district meeting, while the statutory limit was a 35-mill levy, which could only be increased by the adoption of a proposition to do so at a general • or special election held after legal notice stating the extent of the proposed increase — steps not taken. At a meeting May…