Burr v. City of Carbondale

This was a bill in chancery, in the Jackson circuit court, exhibited by the city of Carbondale, to enjoin the collection of taxes assessed to pay interest on certain bonds issued by that city under the act of March 9, 1869, of April 19, 1869, and March 29, 1872, in aid of the Southern Normal University. gTo the bill, the county treasurer, the collector of taxes, and the unknown bondholders, were made defendants.

The main charge in the bill is, that these several acts were passed by the legislature without competent constitutional authority, and the acts done under them consequently void and of…