Brooks v. Board of Commissioners

Brooks, who was the plaintiff, on June the 9th, 1858, presented to the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county a claim for 1,086 dollars, being an amount of taxes which, as he alleges, were ■ illegally assessed upon his lands, and by him paid into the treasury of said county. Upon the filing of the claim the commissioners' made an order whereby they refused to allow it, and Brooks appealed. In the Circuit Court, to which the appeal was taken, the issues were submitted to the Court, upon an agreement of facts. The Court found for the defendants, and, having refused a new trial, rendered…