City of Shreveport v. Gregg

This is a suit for the taxes of 1874. Defendants pleaded in compensation, to the extent of the tax-bill, a judgment in their favor against the plaintiff, and by amended answer they alleged that the officers of the city have been in the habit of receiving from other taxpayers the larger part of the taxes of 1874 in city warrants, or evidences of city indebtedness, but have refused to credit on defendants’ judgment against the city any portion of the tax claimed, which is an unwarranted discrimination; and they specially pleaded in compensation against the portion of the tax sued for, which is…