Riley v. Ammon

Appellee was doing business at Greenwood, in this state, under the name of Woodbine Billiard Hall. Greenwood is the county seat of Leflore county, and in the Ya-zoo Mississippi delta levee district. Appellee brought this action in the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county, the official residence of appellant, the state anditor, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellant to audit and allow appellee’s claim for a refund of privilege taxes alleged to have been unlawfully collected from him by the Yazoo Mississippi delta levee district, and to certify the same to the board of levee…