Purvis v. Robinson
Mississippi Supreme Court
.Appeal from the chancery court of Rankin county. Hon. G-. C. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by J. T. Pnrvis and others against Gr. 0. Robinson, Tax Collector, and others. F'rom a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill and dismissing it, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The order of the board of supervisors of September 8, 1914 is void and the tax levy is void.
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.Appeal from the chancery court of Rankin county. Hon. G-. C. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by J. T. Pnrvis and others against Gr. 0. Robinson, Tax Collector, and others. F'rom a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill and dismissing it, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The order of the board of supervisors of September 8, 1914 is void and the tax levy is void. First: Because* the district embraced in that order does not contain twenty-five square miles of territory; is not composed of whole sections, and is not compact. Gore v. Doolittle, 77 Miss. 620.…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellants filed a bill praying for an injunction to restrain the collection of a four-mill tax levied by the board of supervisors of Rankin county upon the petition of a majority of the qualified electors of Cross Roads consolidated school district, approved by the county school board. A temporary injunction was issued. The defendants demurred to the bill, and also made a motion to dissolve the injunction. The demurrer was sustained, the injunction dissolved, and bill dismissed; wherefore this appeal.
There were several grounds of demurrer, but we will consider only one of them, which we…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gore v. DoolittleMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
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