Gulf & Ship Island Railroad v. Adams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Gulf & Ship Island Case. From the circuit' court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Case. From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county.
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Gulf & Ship Island Case. From the circuit' court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Case. From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Robert B. Mayes j Chancellor. ■ Adams, state revenue agent, began the Gulf & Ship Island case by a petition to the Mississippi Railroad Commission asking that tribunal to reclassify or back classify the railroad company for the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, and 1902 for the purpose of privilege taxation and to have the railroad company classified nunc pro tunc for each of said years as…
1Opinion of the Court
Cox,* J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first of the above-styled cases is here on appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Hinds county, the case having been tried there on certiorari to the State Railroad Commission as assessors of railroads. The purpose of the writ was to bring before the court the record and proceedings of the commission in back-tax assessing and classifying the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company for each of the five years from March 1, 1898, to March 1, 1903, and to have judicially ascertained whether the commission had not transcended its powers in…
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- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- Adams v. ClarkeMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- Robinson v. MhoonMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
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