Legal Opinion
Town of Ackerman v. Choctaw County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1930No. 28759PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.
The town of Ackerman sued Choctaw county for one-half the ad valorem road taxes collected by the county on property within the municipality, for the year 1928, basing its suit upon chapter 232, Laws 1920, sections 1, 2, sections 8527 and 8528, Hemingway’s Code 1927, and, also on chapter 129, Laws 1928, supplementary of said Laws of 1920. The statute contains the following' proviso: “Provided that any municipality desiring to preserve for itself the benefits of this act shall by resolution notify the board of supervisors that such municipality will claim its one-half of all said road taxes…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Touhey v. City of DecaturIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- Sole v. City of GenevaNebraska Supreme Court · 1921
- Swain v. GilderMississippi Supreme Court · 1884
- Board of Sup'rs v. SteeleMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by8 opinions
- Mississippi State Highway Commission v. HillmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Gully v. Board of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- Town of Magee v. MallettMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
- Hood v. VandevenderMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- Gully v. Adams CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
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