Hudson v. Jefferson County Court

The writ issued in this case has brought the record of the county court of Jefferson, relative to the levy of taxes for 1872, before us for review.

The plaintiffs allege the illegality of that item of the levy, imposing a tax of three mills on the dollar to pay certain bonds issued to one Twombly in payment for a farm purchased by the county, pursuant to an act of the general assembly, approved July 16, 1868, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a house of correction in the several counties of this state.” The grounds of illegality, urged by plaintiffs, are that the proceedings…