Adams v. Bullock
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. N. Bush, Judge. Adams, state revenue agent, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Bullock and others, appellees, were defendants there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, but denying him a large part of the recovery sought, he appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. N. Bush, Judge. Adams, state revenue agent, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Bullock and others, appellees, were defendants there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, but denying him a large part of the recovery sought, he appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. If the assessment of “Capital invested in merchandise and manufacturing” embraced the franchise in question then there is no error in the action of the court below, but if, on the other hand, it did not, the court below erred in…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
In 188G the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Vicksburg granted to Samuel R. Bullock & Go., their associates, successors, and assigns, the exclusive right and privilege of erecting, maintaining, and operating a system of waterworks in the corporate limits of the city of Vicksburg, and to effectuate this .grant also gave them the exclusive right to use the streets, alleys, public squares, and all other public places in the city limits as they existed or might afterward be extended. This privilege was shortly thereafter transferred to the Vicksburg Water Supply Company, and in 1900 by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Maestri v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Panola County v. Carrier & SonMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- Teche Lines, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Gwin v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1936
- Adams v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1909
- City of Jackson v. Mississippi Fire Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1923