Harrison County v. Robertson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. C. L. Rushing, Judge. Suit by Stokes V. Robertson, state revenue agent, against Harrison County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. C. L. Rushing, Judge. Suit by Stokes V. Robertson, state revenue agent, against Harrison County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This is a suit brought by Stokes V. Robertson, revenue agent, against Harrison county, to recover from said Harrison county twenty per cent of the amount of the taxes paid to the state and county by the First National Bank of Gulfport for the year 1916, and alleging that be is entitled to same for the reason that he, as said officail…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The county of Harrison, appellant herein, was the defendant in this action, instituted by appellee, the state revenue agent, to recover one thousand, seventy-four dollars and seventy-nine cents, commission alleged to be due the revenue agent upon certain taxes paid by the First National Bank of Gulfport. Appellee, as plaintiff, filed his declaration in the circuit court, averring that the said'First National Bank was delinquent for its taxes due for the year 1916 in the sum of five thousand, three hundred seventy-three dollars and ninety-seven cents; that on June 21, 1917, plaintiff had filed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morris Ice Co. v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
- Garrett v. RobertsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
- Vicksburg Bank v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
- Tunica County v. TateMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lee v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
- City of Hattiesburg v. First Nat. BankDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1934
- Gully v. Lincoln CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
- Robertson v. Harrison CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
- Robertson v. SheltonMississippi Supreme Court · 1921