State Ex Rel. Brown v. Woods

Action to collect a school tax on personal property of defendant in Patterson Consolidated School District in Wayne County, with interest, penalties and costs. The organization of the district and assessment of the property are not challenged. At a school election the district voted to levy a tax of one hundred cents on the one hundred dollar valuation of property for school purposes. Under said authority, a tax of $8.58 was levied on property of defendant. He paid $5.85, the amount due under a levy of sixty-five cents on the hundred dollar valuation of his property, and refused to pay the…