Town of Lake Hamilton v. Hughes

Certain property owners in the town of Lake Hamilton filed a bill of complaint against the town and also named a bond holder of the town a party defendant. The suit sought to annul taxes previously levied against plaintiffs’ land and to enjoin the levy of future taxes. The bill alleged that the town was created by special legislative act in 1925; that plaintiffs’ land was embraced in the town by the creative act and the town had at all times subsequent exercised municipal jurisdiction over same and had annually levied taxes thereon. The bill alleges that plaintiffs’ lands are entirely rural…