Martin v. Little
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Smith county. Hon. D. M. Bussel, Chancellor. Bill hy J. M. Little against G. M. Martin, Sheriff. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
J. M. Little, the appellee, who was a citizen and taxpayer of district three of Smith county, Miss., filed a hill in the chancery court of said county against the sheriff and tax collector seeking an injunction against the sheriff to restrain him from collecting an eight mill road tax on two thousand four hundred and ninety dollars worth of property owned by the complainant in said district and county, said tax amounting to nineteen dollars and ninety-two cents. He alleges in the hill that the hoard of supervisors entered an order on their minutes adopting chapter 177 of the Laws of 1916 as a…
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