Bullen v. Smith

This case arose by a bill in chancery seeking to enjoin the collection of certain taxes, assessed by the board of supervisors of Tishomingo county and the drainage commissioners of Yellow Creek drainage district, in Tisho-mingo and Alcorn counties.

The main point of the bill was that the sheriff was undertaking to collect ninety-three and six tenths cents per acre, an overcharge of nineteen and eight tenths cents over the lawful charge of seventy-four cents per acre, and the bill sought to restrain the sheriff from collecting this nineteen and eight tenths cents per acre. The bill further…