Ohio Supreme Court December 15, 1849 (Jonas v. City of Cincinnati)

Caldwell, J.

A number of objections are presented,'by complainant’s counsel, to the assessment and mode of proceeding, in the collection of this tax, which, it is contended, render* the proceedings illegal.

*322The first objection we shall notice is, that the city council could not assess and collect a tax, in 1848, for lighting the city for the year commencing in October, 1845.