John H. Barret & Co. v. City of Henderson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CA.SE 52-PETITION EQUITY APPEALS PROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Act of Jñn. 29, 1867, Scs. Acts, vol. 1, pages 146, 153. Act of March 9, 1867, Scs.
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CA.SE 52-PETITION EQUITY APPEALS PROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Act of Jñn. 29, 1867, Scs. Acts, vol. 1, pages 146, 153. Act of March 9, 1867, Scs. Acts, vol. 2, page 553. 2 AIcl., 355; Cypress Pond D. Co. vs. Hooper. 14 B. Mon., 661; Johnson vs. City of Lexington. 1 Kent, 4(53; Rutherford, 416. Revised Statutes, chap. 83. Act of Jan. 31, 1814, 2 M. $ B., 1371. Act of Feb. 31, 1833, 2 M. B., 1388. Act of Feb. 29, 1836, Loughborough, 599. Act of Jan. 4, 1840, Loughborough, 514. Act of 1845, sec. 2, page 81. 2 B. Mon., 149; Collins vs. City of Louisville. Acts of 1835-6, page 287. Act of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Williams
The city of Henderson, having subscribed for stock in' the Evansville, Henderson, and Nashville Railroad Company, under the act of incorporation, levied a tax to pay the interest on bonds issued to pay for it. The authority is “ to levy a tax upon tlie tax-payers of the city, taxable under the revenue laws of the State, a sum. sufficient to pay the interest and the costs of collecting the same."
Barret & Co. were largely purchasing leaf tobacco from the planters of Henderson and surrounding counties, and were stemming and shipping it to foreign markets'for sale. The city insists upon the right…
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