Branch v. Salt Lake County Service Area No. 2-Cottonwood Heights

Plaintiff initiated this declaratory judgment action to challenge the constitutionality of the County Service Area Act, Title 17, Chapter 29, U.C.A.1953, as amended 1967, 1969. Plaintiff, a taxpayer and resident of the area, prayed that the court permanently enjoin the defendant Service Area from levying and collecting taxes under the authority of the act and from proceeding, under a resolution by the trustees of the area, to call a public hearing on a proposal to incur an indebtedness of $600,000, which would not be payable in one year.

Both parties apparently contend that this court should…