Blalock v. Mayor of Jonesboro

Certain citizens and taxpayers of the City of Jonesboro, suing in behalf of themselves and other citizens and taxpayers of that city, filed their petition against the mayor and • *486council of the city, to enjoin,the levy of a tax a part of which was for the maintenance and operation of a waterworks system in Jonesboro. It was alleged by the plaintiffs, that the mayor and council were without authority to maintain the system of waterworks by taxation upon the property of the citizens; that the waterworks system was constructed under an agreement between the municipality, the County of Clayton,…