Southern Railway Co. v. Hamblen County

delivered tlie opinion of tbe Court.

This is a proceeding by certiorari to supersede tbe execution of two distress warrants issued by tbe trustee of Hamblen county, one against tbe Southern Railway and tbe other against tbe Knoxville & Bristol Railway, for taxes, as hereafter stated. At tbe April term, 1905, of tbe quarterly court of Hamblen county, that body levied a tax for tbe year 1905, in tbe following language and terms:

“Be it ordered by the court that tbe following rate of taxes be and tbe same is hereby laid on all real and personal property and polls in Hamblen county, Tennessee, for…