Adams v. Bolivar County
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. The appellant, plaintiff, sued the county of Bolivar. The aver-ments of the declaration are sufficiently stated in, or are infer-able from, the opinion. The defendant, appellee, demurred to the declaration; the court below sustained the demurrer and dismissed the suit. The plaintiff appealed.
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From the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. The appellant, plaintiff, sued the county of Bolivar. The aver-ments of the declaration are sufficiently stated in, or are infer-able from, the opinion. The defendant, appellee, demurred to the declaration; the court below sustained the demurrer and dismissed the suit. The plaintiff appealed. If section 2, chapter 34, of the acts of 1894 means anything at all, it must be construed to mean that, after the revenue agent has made his investigation and discovered a sum in default, he has the right to collect that sum with or…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
The declaration avers that the appellant ‘ ‘ did, during the months of June, July, and August, 1894, make an investigation of the books, accounts, and vouchers of George P. Melchior, then the sheriff and tax collector of said Bolivar county, and as the result of said investigation, discovered that the said Geo. P. Melchior, tax collector, was indebted to the county of Bolivar, in the sum of $7,409.57, for taxes due said county and collected by said Melchior, as tax collector of said county; that, at the time of the discovery of said indebtedness by .appellant, the time fixed by law for the…
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