Ellis v. Donnell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal 'from the chancery court of Rankin county. Hoisr. Geo. C. TaNN, Chancellor. Injunction by W. C. Ellis against S. D. Donnell, Sheriff and tax collector. From an order sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal 'from the chancery court of Rankin county. Hoisr. Geo. C. TaNN, Chancellor. Injunction by W. C. Ellis against S. D. Donnell, Sheriff and tax collector. From an order sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals. Appellant filed a hill in chancery seeking to enjoin the appellee from acting in his official capacity in the collection of a special tax levied by the board of supervisors to pay interest on and create a sinking fund for the retirement of fifty thousand dollars of road.bonds of supervisor’s district No. 1, Rankin county, Miss., issued under chapter 177, Laws 1916,…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
The only question presented by this appeal that requires an expression from ns is whether the board of supervisors, under chapter 177, Laws 1916, can issue road bonds for supervisor’s district No. 1, here in question, without calling the election provided by section 333, Code 1906, initiated by ten per centum of the adult taxpayers; or, in other words, whether chapter 177, Laws 1916, furnishes an entirely separate and additional' authority for the issuing of road bonds for a supervisor’s district which has been duly organized into a séparate road district' under the terms and provisions of…
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