City of Demopolis v. Marengo County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Marengo Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John T. Lackland. Action by Marengo County against the city of Demopolis to recover money paid said city as part of the special road tax. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under act creating said court.
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
This action was brought to recover from the city of Demopolis the sum of $750, which it had collected out of the treasury of said county, the same being a portion of the special road tax of 21/2 mills collected by the said county under the latter clause of section 215 of our Constitution, and under the statutes adopted to give force and effect to same. The pleadings show that the tax money here used was raised by the levying and *215collecting under the authority and power conferred by the latter part of said section 215 of the Constitution and the statute enacted to authorize the commissioners’…
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