Southern Railroad Co. v. Mayor

The appellant filed this hill to enjoin the collection of a sum of money assessed by the appellees for taxes on a certain lot and buildings belonging to the appellant, and used as a depot in the city of Jackson by the appellant.

The bill states in substance, that on the 26th December, 1856, an act of the legislature was passed authorizing the Yicksburg and Jackson Railroad Company to sell to the appellant all the assets and property of the former company, and authorizing the appellant to enforce any legal rights of the former company; and in accordance with that act, that the said company sold…