Folsom v. Ninety Six
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS' FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. This was an action, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, by George W. Folsom, against Township Ninety Six in the county of 'Abbeville and State of South Carolina, to recover the sum of $5190, the amount of coupons attached to bonds issued in behalf of that township in aid of the construction of a railroad ; and to eompel the levjr of a tax upon the property…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS' FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. This was an action, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, by George W. Folsom, against Township Ninety Six in the county of 'Abbeville and State of South Carolina, to recover the sum of $5190, the amount of coupons attached to bonds issued in behalf of that township in aid of the construction of a railroad ; and to eompel the levjr of a tax upon the property in the, township to pay these coupons. The complaint contained the following allegations: • That the plaintiff was a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
By the constitution of South Carolina of 1868, art: 9, sec. 8, “ The corporate authorities of counties, townships, school districts, cities, towns and villages may be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes.” 2 Charters, and Constitutions, 1659.
The situation arising out of the subsequent acts of the legislature and decisions of the courts of the State, with regard to bonds like those now in question, will be best understood by stating these acts and decisions in chronological order;
By the act of September 26, 1868, entitled “ An aot to organize townships, and to'…
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