City Council of Augusta v. Timmerman
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of South Carolina, at Greenville; Joseph T. Johnson, Judge. Bill by the City Council of Augusta, Ga., against J. R. Timmerman, Auditor of Edgefield County, S. C., and others. From an order (227 Fed. 171) denying a temporary injunction, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
These are the material facts alleged in the bill for an injunction against the collection of the state and county taxes by the defendants as tax officers of Edgefield county in the state of South Carolina: The city of Augusta, situate on the Georgia side of the Savannah river, about 40 years ago acquired three acres of land on the South Carolina side of the river, which it uses as an abutment to a dam constructed across the river for the purpose of forcing water into canals on the Georgia side. The water thus supplied is used for *218fire protection and municipal and domestic…
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