Greenville Ice & Coal Co. v. City of Greenville
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court1 of "Washington county. Hon. K,. W. Williamson, Judge. On March 9, 1882, was passed “An act to encourage the establishment of factories in this state and to exempt them from taxation.”
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From the circuit court1 of "Washington county. Hon. K,. W. Williamson, Judge. On March 9, 1882, was passed “An act to encourage the establishment of factories in this state and to exempt them from taxation.” The -act contains, among other things, the following sections: “ Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi, That to encourage the introduction of factories in this state, the machinery used for the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, yarns, or fabrics composed of these or other materials, or for the making of all kinds of machinery or implements of…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The language of the statute, entitled “An act to encourage the establishment of factories in this state, and to exempt them from taxation,” approved March 9, 1882, is marvelously infelicitous in many, and absolutely meaningléss in some of its parts, if its letter is rigidly adhered to.
*90The statute iu its first section declares exempt from taxation for a period of ten years “the machinery used for the manufacture of cotton or' woolen goods, yarns, or fabrics composed of these or other materials, or for the making of all kinds of machinery or implements of husbandry, or all other things or…
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