Johnston v. Puffer Manufacturing Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. O. B. Taylor, Judge. Bill by J. C. Johnston, state revenue agent, against the Puffer Manufacturing Company. Prom a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
This is an appeal from the chancery court of the first district of Hinds county-sustaining a demurrer to appellant’s hill filed against appellee.
The state revenue agent exhibited his original bill against the Puffer Manufacturing Company, a nonresident, seeking to recover state, county, and municipal taxes alleged to be delinquent for the years 1908 to 1915, both inclusive. The appellee is a corporation domiciled at. Boston, Mass., and is engaged in the manufacture and.sale of soda water fountains in the state of Mississippi and elsewhere, and has been so engaged for many years previous to…
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