In case of the payment of money under mistake of law or fact upon any illegal tax assessment made under color of any law, special or general, of the state, or by any of its political subdivisions, authorizing the assessment or collection of taxes for any purpose whatever, whether for any municipality, for the payment of the creditors of any municipality, for schools, or otherwise, except the laws relating to taxes to be paid to the state or to the general funds of the counties, respectively, the same shall be recoverable by appropriate proceedings against the proper parties or their successors, with the usual rights of appeal, and that such payment was not made under compulsion or protest shall be immaterial.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Article 6 - Refund of Taxes Paid by Mistake or Error.
Section 40-10-160 - When Taxpayer Entitled to Recover.
Section 40-10-161 - Filing Petition.
Section 40-10-162 - Duty of Judge of Probate and Comptroller; Payment by State Treasurer.
Section 40-10-163 - Presentation of Petition to County Commission; Payment by County Treasurer.
Section 40-10-164 - Recovery From Municipalities, Etc.
Section 40-10-165 - Payment by Municipalities, Etc.
Section 40-10-166 - Application of Sections 40-10-164 and 40-10-165.