Gully v. Matthews

Appellant, in his capacity as state tax collector, filed his bill in the chancery court of Coahoma county against appellee, Matthews, the sheriff and tax collector of that county, to enjoin the latter from prosecuting in the county court eighty-four suits brought by him against eighty-four separate slot machine operators in the county. It was sought by such suits to recover the state and levee district privilege taxes imposed by law for the operation of such machines. The ground of appellant’s bill was that he had previously brought suit in the chancery court of the county against the same…