Adams v. Capital State Bank
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court, first district, of Hinds county. The court below having entertained jurisdiction of this case, the question as to whether 'it were or were not equitable in character did not arise in the supreme court, by reason of the provisions of sec. 147, constitution of 1890, which provides: “ Section 147. No judgment or decree in any chancery or circuit court, rendered in a civil cause, shall be reversed or annulled on the ground of the want of jurisdiction to…
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From the chancery court, first district, of Hinds county. The court below having entertained jurisdiction of this case, the question as to whether 'it were or were not equitable in character did not arise in the supreme court, by reason of the provisions of sec. 147, constitution of 1890, which provides: “ Section 147. No judgment or decree in any chancery or circuit court, rendered in a civil cause, shall be reversed or annulled on the ground of the want of jurisdiction to render said judgment or decree, from any error or mistake as to whether the cause in which it was rendered was of equity…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Sp. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was instituted by the revenue agent, a state officer, who, under the provisions of law (Laws 1894, 29-31, sec. 2), has power ‘ ‘ to proceed by suit . . . against all officers, county contractors, persons, corporations, companies, and associations of persons for all past due and unpaid taxes of any kind whatever, for all penalties or forfeitures, for all past due obligations and indebtedness of any character whatever owing to the state, or any county, municipality, or levee board, and for damages growing out of the violation of any…
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