Middleton v. Lincoln County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery! court of Lincoln county. Hon. Y. J. Stricken, Chancellor. Suit for injunction by Henry J". Middleton and others . against Lincoln county. Injunction dissolved, and complainants appeal. The bill of complaint in this cause is full, and with the foregoing summary, is really in itself sufficient to present complainant’s contentions so that this court will see their soundness.
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Appeal from chancery! court of Lincoln county. Hon. Y. J. Stricken, Chancellor. Suit for injunction by Henry J". Middleton and others . against Lincoln county. Injunction dissolved, and complainants appeal. The bill of complaint in this cause is full, and with the foregoing summary, is really in itself sufficient to present complainant’s contentions so that this court will see their soundness. We particularize still further, however, by calling' to the attention of the court that the questions presented here are really three, as follows: I. Whether! or not the board of supervisors of Lincoln…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Lincoln county has a population of less than thirty thousand and. an assessed valuation of eight million five hundred thirty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars. On the 1st day of March, 19201, the county issued loan warrants in anticipation of taxes for fifty thousand dollars. The statute then in force (chapter 105, Laws 1918) provided:
“That county boards of supervisors may levy taxes for all purposes (exclusive of all county or district road taxes, courthouse, tick eradication, county comtmon school, agricultural high school and all other county or district school taxes) at a…
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