Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. West
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Sharkey county. Hon. William C. Martin, Chancellor. The railroad company, the appellant, was complainant,, and West, the appellee, defendant in the court below.
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From the chancery court of Sharkey county. Hon. William C. Martin, Chancellor. The railroad company, the appellant, was complainant,, and West, the appellee, defendant in the court below. The appeal was from a decree dissolving an injunction sued out sued out by the appellant to enjoin the appellee, as tax collector ■of Sharkey county, from selling the railroad of appellant, situated in said county, for the state and county taxes of 1899, under an order of the board of supervisors, made on the first Monday of June, and ordering the sale on the first Monday of July, 1900. The original bill set…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The provisions of the act of 1894 (laws 1894, p. 29) are materially different from and far broader in their scope than the provisions of the act of February 22, 1890 (laws 1890, p. 25), and this difference makes wholly inapplicable to the point-under consideration here, the former decisions of this court construing said act of 1890. Under that act, section 2, the revenue agent could only sue in the case provided in section 2, to wit: he could sue only “if it should appear that for any reason there had been a failure to enforce the law and collect all revenues due;” for there must have been a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wiley v. SinklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railway Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Adams v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1899
- Mason v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- State Revenue Agent v. TonellaMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by6 opinions
- Golden v. ThompsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
- Robertson v. SheltonMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
- Adams v. Stonewall Manufacturing Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- George County Bridge Co. v. CatlettMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
- Robertson v. SheltonMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
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