Watkins v. Duke

Appellant is a citizen, resident and taxpayer of the city of Mena, a municipal corporation, and as such brought this suit in equity to enjoin and restrain the city officials of said city from levying an alleged unlawful and unauthorized tax. The complaint alleged that, unless appellees were restrained and enjoined, they would unlawfully levy and collect a tax of two mills on the dollar of all taxable property in said city for each of the years 1935 and 1937, inclusive; 2.5 mills for 1938 and 1939, inclusive, and 3.3 mills for each of the years 1940 to 1961, inclusive, for the purpose of…