City of Covington v. District of Highlands
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 77 — ’Action by the District of Highlands of Campbell ¡County, against the City of Covington for the Appointment of a Receiver and the Enforcement of a Lien fob Taxes.— APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals.
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Case 77 — ’Action by the District of Highlands of Campbell ¡County, against the City of Covington for the Appointment of a Receiver and the Enforcement of a Lien fob Taxes.— APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. The district of Highlands is a large country district in Campbell county, which the Legislature, prior to the' passage of the new Constitution, by special acts, created and gave the power to levy and collect a tax for various local purposes. Plaintiff's petition shows that this district has- continued operating under these laws up to the…
1Opinion of the Court
*615Opinion of the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Affirming.
By an act of the Legislature approved February 27, 1867, and by various amendatory acts thereto, passed prior to September, 1891, a certain territory in Campbell county was incorporated as “the district of Highlands in Campbell county.” It was provided with a constabulary, justices of the peace, and trustees, who were empowered to pass by-laws for its government; was authorized to establish arid maintain graded schools and to establish and maintain roads within the- district, to condemn lands for these purposes, and to levy, collect, and…
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