Adams v. Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Eróm the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. IIon. J. B. Ci-irisman, Judge. Suit brought January 1, 1894, by appellant, for use of Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, against appellee for privilege tax imposed, by the act of 1886 (Laws, p. 100) on the business of operating a telegraph line for the years 1886, 1887 and 1888. Defendant pleaded the statutes of limitation of three and six years.
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Eróm the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. IIon. J. B. Ci-irisman, Judge. Suit brought January 1, 1894, by appellant, for use of Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, against appellee for privilege tax imposed, by the act of 1886 (Laws, p. 100) on the business of operating a telegraph line for the years 1886, 1887 and 1888. Defendant pleaded the statutes of limitation of three and six years. A demurrer to each of these pleas being overruled, plaintiff declined to plead further, and, from a judgment dismissing the case, prosecuted this appeal. For the act creating the…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, created by statute and recognized by article 11 of the state constitution as a division of the state, is a subdivision thereof within the terms of § 104 of the constitution of 1890, which declares, “ statutes of limitation in civil causes shall not run against the state or any subdivision or municipal corporation thereof,” aud said section became operative immediately, by its own force, on the adoption of the constitution, not being suspended in its operation by §274 of that instrument, because not embraced, there being no statute law of this state…
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