Board of Supervisors v. City of Brookhaven
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Lawrence County. Hon. Uriah Millsaps, Judge. Defendants in error filed their declaration in the circuit court, demanding judgment for the amount of pauper tax levied and collected by the county for the year 1869. A detailed account of the taxes paid was filed as an exhibit, showing the amount claimed to be $689.91. Plaintiffs in error pleaded the general issue, and also set up by special plea, in substance, that the plaintiff (below), at the…
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Error to the Circuit Court of Lawrence County. Hon. Uriah Millsaps, Judge. Defendants in error filed their declaration in the circuit court, demanding judgment for the amount of pauper tax levied and collected by the county for the year 1869. A detailed account of the taxes paid was filed as an exhibit, showing the amount claimed to be $689.91. Plaintiffs in error pleaded the general issue, and also set up by special plea, in substance, that the plaintiff (below), at the time of the collection of the tax (1869), was not situate in Lawrence county, and was not part thereof. To this plea the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
The city of Brookhaven brought suit against the board of supervisors of Lawrence county to recover $689.91, being on account of the pauper taxes assessed by the board for the year 1869, and which had been paid to the tax collector by the inhabitants of said city. The plaintiff claims that, because of special legislation, growing out of the formation and organization of Lincoln county, in part of the territory of Lawrence county, Brookhaven should recover back this money. The grounds taken by the counsel for the appellants, for the reversal of the judgment, does not require an investigation of…
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