Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Jefferson County Excise Board

WELCH, V. C. J.

Joint School District No. 65 lies partly in Jefferson county and partly in Carter county, mostly in the latter county. Its annual budget for operating expenses for the year 1938-89, as originally approved by the excise board of (tarter county, called for a levy of 17 mills. That levy was legal and proper in that xiortion of the district lying in Carter county, as the voted mill levy, together with the allocation of levy there, equaled 17 mills. But in Jefferson county the allocation of levy to school districts, plus the voted levy there, amounted to only 15 mills. The 17-mill…