Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1878 — Narrow Gauge Tax Suit. [ARTICLE]

Narrow Gauge Tax Suit.

rnmnmrnm »»>«., N»-™i-r 15.—Juilgs B,««. ss^'SSJifJKsars y, i»Tf rtlgt.l L>* t )>a MAmMni>'a VCiiiMi ■wi inv»» "j »•’« ® wiurnTTß, «.k rath«r tbroo wit nf th» four psr.gr.phs . ft Cotitsiled, *oJ ilisolvo 1 ih«* rw»tnxinln< or injuaclioh, pn.bibiiing lbs county VcnMhir-r from paring over tbe amount of i«xr* citlUvtrd unit in hi* io wt*ian. , Hus r>N h*» he«o cdoiinui'J from one oourt lo ■.other along time. Hilo i# another chapter in the great book of foolishtie>* inscribed hjr those who first sgree to do a thing and then tr; to avoid it. Tima, and time, and time again have the courts passed upon such cases as tho shove; jet there still are found those who are disl>oued to ru*h into the o-rtirls end seek to ropudiate their jnst obligations. When taxes are voted by a community in aid of an enterprise and the terms and conditions •f tbe contract sro complied with on the part of the directors of such cnUprise, there can be no escape from tbe collection and payment of the tax voted. Wc are glad to uy that, so far, no disposition, we believe, has been manifested to oppose the collection and payment of the laves voted in this and Tippecanoe townships in aid nf the 1., D. &C. R. R. 'Ve trust further more that after all the decisions that have been made by the courts, people have learned th-.t this is not an a. c of repudiation.— Delphi Journal.