Adams v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Jno. N. Bush, Judge. Adams, state revenue agent, appellant, was plaintiff in the ■court below; the Waterworks Company, appellee, was defendant there. The object of the suit was to have the defendant, Waterworks Company, assessed for back taxes. From a decision partly adverse to the plaintiff he appealed to the supreme court and defendant prosecuted a cross appeal from that part of the decree ■ adverse to it.
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From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Jno. N. Bush, Judge. Adams, state revenue agent, appellant, was plaintiff in the ■court below; the Waterworks Company, appellee, was defendant there. The object of the suit was to have the defendant, Waterworks Company, assessed for back taxes. From a decision partly adverse to the plaintiff he appealed to the supreme court and defendant prosecuted a cross appeal from that part of the decree ■ adverse to it. The facts are sufficiently apparent from the opinion of the court. The revenue agent prosecuted an appeal from so much of this judgment as…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, J.
The opinion in the case of Wirt Adams, Revenue Agent, v. Samuel R. Bullock & Co., ante, 27, 47 South. 527, practically settled all the contentions in this case.
*606The Vicksburg Waterworks Compdny was one of the subsequent owners of the franchise originally granted to Samuel K. Bullock & Co., its successors, etc., and owned the waterworks in question for the years 1901, 1902, and 1903. The object of this suit is to assess for back taxes for the state and county for the years above named, the mains, pipes, hydrants, detached machinery, pumps, implements, etc., which the revenue agent claims…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Adams v. BullockMississippi Supreme Court · 1908