Show A WHOLESOME OPINION CITY HOGE has baa given his hie opinion in relation to the suit brought bythe by the municipal corporation in the name of E R B R clute ex awes asses sor and coll collector octor against ziona zion benefit building society mr hoge hog takes the position that the suit cannot be maintained and cites authorities in support of his view we believe the opinion is sound law and the society against whom the suit was planted is to be congratulated at what is ib now inevitable the withdrawal of the case the taxing of the association was evidently improper in the first place big as it is eminently beneficent in purpose and effects the levy as we understand it was made upon mortgages held by the society for loans issued to stockholders al almost most invariably workingmen the borrowed money was immediately used for the creation of new taxable property in the shape of residences the levy upon the mortgages given as security was therefore a double taxation the officers of the society give their services free with the exception of the secretary who is paid merely for cler clerical cal labor performed by him the benefit society has accomplished a great deal of good through its agency numbers of people who could not otherwise have been in so desirable is a position are living in their ir own homes the organization has a also been a public benefit having contributed tri buted in no small degree to the building up of the city |