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NORTON v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAXING DISTRICT OF BROWNSVILLE

No. 1442.

129 U.S. 479 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 322

32 L.Ed. 774

NORTON, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAXING DISTRICT OF BROWNSVILLE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sparrell Hill, Mr. Henry Craft and Mr. L.P. Cooper for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.W. Rutledge and Mr. William M. Smith for defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The question to be determined in this case is whether the act of February 8, 1870, set forth in the foregoing statement, could be availed of under the provisions of the constitution of Tennessee, which was adopted by vote of the people March 26, 1870, and went into effect on the 5th day of May of that year.

By that act the corporate authorities of the city of Brownsville, in Haywood County, Tennessee...

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