Smith v. City of Vicksburg
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. Wii/liam P. S. Vebttress, Chancellor. Smith, .the appellant, was complainant, and the city of Vicksburg, the appellee, was defendant in the court below. From a decree in defendant’s favor, the complainant appealed to- the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. Wii/liam P. S. Vebttress, Chancellor. Smith, .the appellant, was complainant, and the city of Vicksburg, the appellee, was defendant in the court below. From a decree in defendant’s favor, the complainant appealed to- the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Section 1 of the amendment is a copy verbatim et literatim of Oode 1892, § 3014; therefore the same rules of construction apply both to sec. 1 of the amendment and sec. 3014 of the code. Under these sections the municipality is authorized to issue bonds or other…
1Opinion of the Court
Cox, J".,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a friendly suit by Murray P. Smith against the mayor and aldermen of the city of Vicksburg to- have judicially ascertained and determined whether the latter can issue bonds of the city of Vicksburg to the amount of $100,000 .to pay off its floating indebtedness. The bill avers that the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the city is $415,300, and the real and personal assessment on property within its limits for 1904 was $1,016,420, and that on November 4, 1902, the floating indebtedness of the city was fully $100,000; and,' as the revenues…
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