Robertson v. Monroe County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Monroe county. Hon. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Bill by Strokes Y. Robertson, state revenue agent, for the use of the state of Mississippi, against Monroe County. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Monroe county. Hon. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Bill by Strokes Y. Robertson, state revenue agent, for the use of the state of Mississippi, against Monroe County. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We believe' it will be better and more orderly to discuss first the second and third grounds of the demurrer which challenges the right of the state of Mississippi, as well as the state revenue agent, to bring this suit. The law of 1904, chapter 247, page 275, referred to in…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The state revenue agent filed a' bill in the chancery court of Monroe county, alleging that in the year of 1904 the legislature of the state passed an act entitled “An act to authorize the board of supervisors of Monroe county to borrow the funds arising from the sixteenth section lands, and other purposes.” Laws 1904, chapter 247. This act reads as follows:
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi, that the board of supervisors of the county of Monroe are authorized to borrow the funds in their hands or to come into their hands arising from the rents, issues…
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