| Show IIlllUI SAX RIO CII iI It Is I now glnu out tbat lu I Ibe case of the county ichool tax which tin Supreme Court eald I was Illegal there will be no refund of tbe amounts unlawfully un-lawfully collected except In I casts SIlICa the property owners paid the tax under i rotest nnd had tbe objectl u endorsed lIon their tax ricelpti It Is further ul J thit well Informed lawyers law-yers taku Ibe position that no Island 01 the amounts paid without proleit coo bo compelled As lo this remark of well Informed In-formed lawyers It way bo said Ibat audIo gentlemen ara to be found on both sIdes ol most coutrovenler hence oven tlioy may b > rulstaksn To say that Iliad lObo Cellos to pay Ihrlr hors who allow their pr > p rly tj b idvetllied or who bays paid uoder pro lest eodouod on theIr tax receipts are tbe only persons to whom Ito law styes protectfou from Illegal aiiei > iiifijtJ II lo charge tbe Judicial ajml Iittatlou of bile Slate wltb the grossest kind of Injustice applying tbe law U would be Baying that thosa pcrao IC who give the readiest obedience lo tiiu statute tire to bo victimized thereby If tuch wore to bo tIle ca > > IntbltStau lIla quicker lbs law required re-quired tbat every tax receipt bnars the iupergcrlitlou paid under irjtest tbe better for all taxes aro so paid la I omucb that they aro only given up uuuer Ito compulsion that the law 09 tablliber Tbe situation li IbIs The blphetl court In tbo State bas tald Ibat tin collector bad no rIght to collect a pertain per-tain lax It follows tbat tils collection of tbat tax being unauthorized ana contrary to law bis retention ol Ihu V i money Is I as unlawful as the retention I 1 ul s pue 1 allillol 5 01 r psrion In ny other unlaw tninner He cannot turn U I ovor t Buy tubllo lurid because no suet funl I lsautbutl7 lo recelvo It He 15111 held culr able for damages reason ol the wrouiclul taking Iwciuse ho Im the junllfloatlon behind turn of Btniuto that bad list been dictated vld Hut dora tills declaration list bioii made n demand for Ibo return o tbo Ill11e35 If II Is I resisted can be en lorred wIth 001 joi as lbs lImnud fIr pitocislo i of any other I ropertj can be unforced In behalf of thu per on htvloi legal title thereto Ibosu wh > Hd not lay Ibo ti do not bUt t do to and Iq Jiitlce tboBo who Iiave paid me tntitliU lo a return of Ihtir money lu thu prcecut situation it appears that It will bo nccecary lor thotn who want a rotund lo Inelllute a civil suit for tbe same with costs It U l lei feutly proper to wantn lefuud too for I ill citizens should aim tu I be equal Leo Le-o the law on ti tax proposition as with auy other lilaCs ttaero is no desire de-sire lo do anything but wbat Is I eIght In this matter a friendly suit ought lo be Arranged and put through so that the collector will have the foimil 1 direction fa o urt 10 guide him I the premlso |
