Mullikin v. City of Bloomington

— The appellant, by his complaint, sought a judgment against the city of Bloomington, enjoining the collection of taxes which had been assessed against his property by the officers of that city. To the complaint a demurrer was sustained, and upon that ruling appellant bases his assignment of errors.

The position first assumed by appellant’s counsel is, that the appellee’s corporate existence was unlawfully changed from that of a town corporation to that of a city, under the general law for the incorporation of cities. There is no necessity for us to follow the line of argument pursued by…