Vanzandt v. Town of Braxton

The municipality of Braxton, Mississippi, through its mayor and aldermen, sued, and obtained a personal decree against, Homer Vanzandt for $157.99 for unpaid, separate school district taxes on the property of Vanzandt located within the school district. Vanzandt appeals.

A number of questions are raised on the appeal, but it is necessary, that we dispose of only two of them. They are: (1) Whether the municipality has the right to maintain this suit in its own name; and (2) whether the owner is personally liable for unpaid, separate school district taxes against his lands located within the…