City of Pascagoula v. Krebs

E. E. Krebs and a number of others, filed two bills in the chancery court of Jackson county, seeking an injunction against the appellant the city of Pascagoula to prevent the enforcement of its ordinances and its collection of taxes in territory owned by them, which is described in the bills. These bills were of like tenor and effect, and the cases were tried together. The main object of the bill was to prevent the sale of lands for taxes, and the collection of back taxes for six years, and the imposition of future taxes under certain ordinances. The record discloses the following facts: The…