Stewart v. Mayor of Vicksburg

On January 1, 1941, Mrs. Harrison Stewart, now deceased, for whose estate the appellant is the executor, owned Lot 287, Square or Block 60, in that part of the City of Vicksburg known as Vicksburg Proper, and which was returned to the city tax assessor for ad valorem taxation at the sum of $400 as compared with the previous assessment of $1,350. The owner then being absent from the city, such return was made and verified by an attorney who requested the privilege of so doing, and on which return the property was listed as West Center Part, Lot 287, 26 x 100, Block No. 60, Vicksburg Proper.…