Stone v. Schl. Dist. of Carbondale

Opinion by

Drew, J.,

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill in equity. The bill was filed by plaintiff as a citizen, resident, and taxpayer of the School District of the City of Carbondale, praying for an injunction to restrain the defendant School District from paying to an attorney the amount of the commissions earned by him under a contract with the defendant for the collection of school taxes.

The learned Chancellor found the following facts: that the defendant is a school district of the third class and under the law the city treasurer is the collector of school taxes; that on…