Milster v. City of Spartanburg
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Proceeding in the original jurisdiction of this Court by petition by J. H. Milster and A. J. Abbott against city of Spartanburg and Spartan Mills for mandamus. cite: As to powers of the city council: Con., art. IX., sec. 8; art. VIII., sec. 8; 23 S. C., 62; 60 Mo., 124; 20 Wall., 655; 106 U. S., 487; 16 Wall., 678; Dill, on Mun.
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Proceeding in the original jurisdiction of this Court by petition by J. H. Milster and A. J. Abbott against city of Spartanburg and Spartan Mills for mandamus. cite: As to powers of the city council: Con., art. IX., sec. 8; art. VIII., sec. 8; 23 S. C., 62; 60 Mo., 124; 20 Wall., 655; 106 U. S., 487; 16 Wall., 678; Dill, on Mun. Corp,, sec. 105b; 21 S. C., 560 ; 16 S. C., 32. As to estoppel — acquiescence—ratification — laches: 23 S. C., 69; Bish. on Con., 369; 9 A. & E. Cor. Cas., 451; 60 S. C., 474; 3 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 1095; 27 E. R. A., 100. Back taxes should be levied on State…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
J. H. Milster and A. J. Abbott, as residents and taxpayers of the city of Spartanburg, by their petitions filed in this Court, ask that a writ of mandamus be issued to compel the city of Spartanburg to assess unpaid taxes against Spartan Mills for thirteen years, beginning with 1890 and including- 1902, amounting to $52,226.06, and to require Spartan Mills to pay the amount' so assessed. The petitions have been consolidated, and no separate discussion of them is necessary.
Jas. Y. Culbreath, Esq., was appointed referee to take the…
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