Bush v. Echols

Appellees brought this action against the mayor, recorder and aldermen of the town of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, and against the State Board of Municipal Corporations, to have declared void all proceedings taken by said town and the State Board of Municipal Corporations in raising the town of Cotton Plant from an incorporated town to a' city of the second class, and to enjoin the council from exercising any of the powers conferred upon cities of the second class, including the imposition of a tax upon automobiles, the issuance of bonds under Amendment No. 16 of the Constitution, and the carrying…