Hawkins v. Mangum
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Washington county. PIon. A. Me. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Hawkins, the appellant, was the complainant, and Mangum, the appellee, was defendant in the court below. The object of the suit was to cancel a tax title to the land in suit, which tax title was based on the assessment of 1889, made under the act of 1888. Defendant’s demurrer to the bill of complaint was sustained in the court below and the bill dismissed.
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From the chancery court of Washington county. PIon. A. Me. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Hawkins, the appellant, was the complainant, and Mangum, the appellee, was defendant in the court below. The object of the suit was to cancel a tax title to the land in suit, which tax title was based on the assessment of 1889, made under the act of 1888. Defendant’s demurrer to the bill of complaint was sustained in the court below and the bill dismissed. The complainant appealed to the supreme court. The nature of the controversy — the constitutionality of the act of 1888 — is apparent from the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the Court · CalhoonCalhoon, J.
In this case we are compelled to decide whether the act of March 8, 188.8, entitled, “An act to equalize assessments in the different counties in the state” (Laws 1888, p. 24), is valid, under the constitution of 1869. Section 21, art. 5, of that constitution is this: “A sheriff, coroner, -treasurer, assessor and surveyor shall be elected in each county by the qualified electors thereof, who shall hold their offices for two years, unless *106sooner removed.” And sec. 20,,art. 12, is this: “Taxation shall be equal and uniform throughout the state. All property shall be taxed in proportion to its…
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