Fabric Fire Hose Co. v. Mayor of Vicksburg
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie chancery court of Warren county. HoN. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by the Fabric Fire Hose Company against the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Vicksburg. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tlie chancery court of Warren county. HoN. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by the Fabric Fire Hose Company against the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Vicksburg. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Counsel for appellee rely upon the case of Village of Gandsi v. Town of Seminary, 49 So. 908, in support of the contention that this attempt on the part of the city to annex the greater part of Walters was void. In that ease it is held that while the purpose of the legislature was clearly to prevent the…
1Opinion of the Court
Stevens, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. •
Appellant is a judgment creditor of the, defunct town of Walters, in Warren county, Mississippi. . It exhibited its bill of complaint against the city of Vicksburg in an effort to require the defendant city to pay this judgment. The claim is based upon the following state of facts: On December 6, 1900, while the town of Walters was in existence, the city of Vicksburg, under assumed *99statutory power, extended its limits to take in wliat is referred to as “Fort Iiill,” a strip of territory lying between 'Fort Hill road on the east, National,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ross v. WimberlyMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
- Village of Gandsi v. Town of SeminaryMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
- Horner v. CoffeyMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
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