Melvin v. Lisenby

This was a bill filed by sundry citizens and tax-payers of DeWitt county, in behalf of themselves and all other taxpayers in the county, to enjoin the collection of certain taxes extended on the collector’s books by the county clerk, in pursuance of a certificate of the amount thereof from the Auditor of Public Accounts, as being necessary to meet the interest on $175,000 of bonds purporting to be those of DeWitt county, which had previously been registered in the office of the Auditor, and to have the bonds declared null and void. The court below, by its decree, enjoined the collection of…