Long Bell Co. v. McLendon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Clarke county. Hon. G. C. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by the Long Bell Company against A. F. McLendon. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Section 170 of our state Constitution under the head of “Judiciary” created the office of the board of supervisors and in the case of T-Jaley v. State, 108 Miss. 899, this court held that the “boards of supervisors are made a part of the judicial department of the state.”
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Appeal from chancery court of Clarke county. Hon. G. C. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by the Long Bell Company against A. F. McLendon. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Section 170 of our state Constitution under the head of “Judiciary” created the office of the board of supervisors and in the case of T-Jaley v. State, 108 Miss. 899, this court held that the “boards of supervisors are made a part of the judicial department of the state.” Section 4291 of the Code of 1906, section 6925 of Hemingway’s Code, required the assessor to complete the assessment and deliver the roll or rolls to the…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Holden, J.,
delivered the opinion of the conrt.
This is a suit in chancery by the appellant, Long Bell Company, to cancel the claim of appellee to certain lands and to quiet the title of appellant thereto. On a final hearing the court refused to grant'the relief sought, from which decree this appeal is prosecuted.
This appeal presents two questions for our decision: One is whether or not section 4320, Code of 1906 (section 6954, Hemingway’s Code), is unconstitutional, in that it provides an assessment, by the collector, of lands left un-assessed by the assessor, but fails to provide for any…
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