Musselman v. City of Logansport

This was a suit to restrain by injunction the collection of taxes. A demurrer was sustained below to *534each, of three paragraphs of the complaint, and the questions thus decided are before us.

1. The first paragraph of the complaint, shortly stated, was as follows: That the appellant, on the 1st of January, 1863, by a sworn statement in writing, made to the city assessor, and by him received without question, stated the aggregate of his personal estate subject to city taxation to be $5,575; that on the 2d of June, 1863, the common council, without notice to the plaintiff, without his knowledge…