Legal Opinion

Back-Acres Country Club, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Commission

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1968No. 45079PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The Mississippi State Tax Commission, appellee, imposed, levied, and assessed a privilege license tax under “the Emergency Amusement Revenue Act of 1934,” as amended, against the Back-Acres Country Club, Inc., appellant. The Circuit Court of Tate County affirmed the order of the Commission, and the appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The appellant contends that the mere fact that it provides and maintains an 18-hole golf course and a swimming pool for the exclusive use of its resident members and their guests, and its nonresident members, does not bring it within the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. PowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
  2. State v. ChristineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
  3. Hiner v. WengerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Pinkton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. v. BuelowMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Claypool v. MladineoMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State Ex Rel. Pittman v. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'NMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Akers v. Estate of JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1970

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