Buckley v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. V. J. Stiuokep,, Chancellor. Suit by Agnes Buckley and others against the City of Jackson. ‘ Decree in favor of defendant, and plaintiff named appeals. The question presented in this appeal is as to whether or not there is a liability for interest when two items composing essential portions of the assessment have been by this court held illegal and not susceptible of assessment as such.
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Appeal from chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. V. J. Stiuokep,, Chancellor. Suit by Agnes Buckley and others against the City of Jackson. ‘ Decree in favor of defendant, and plaintiff named appeals. The question presented in this appeal is as to whether or not there is a liability for interest when two items composing essential portions of the assessment have been by this court held illegal and not susceptible of assessment as such. The precise question was decided in Lang skiff v. Town of Durant, 84 So. 460. By section 100 of the Constitution, it is expressly provided: “Section 100. No…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This appeal by Mrs. Agnes Buckley is from a final decree against her in favor of the appellee. The case was tried in the court below on an agreed record.
At the May, 1912, meeting of the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Jackson the property of the appellant, consisting of a lot in said city fronting eighty feet *787on the west side of North State street, was assessed with its share of the cost of the special improvement made on said street as follows:
“Pavement and grading, two hundred, fifty-five dollars and sixty cents; water connections, forty and one-half feet at forty-five cents,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Langstaff v. Town of DurantMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
- City of Jackson v. HartMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
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