City of Bay St. Louis v. Hancock County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hancock county. Hon. D. M. Gbaham, Judge. Proceeding before tbe board of supervisors by tbe city of Bay St. Louis against Hancock county. From a. judgment on appeal in tbe circuit court for tbe defendant, plaintiff, appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hancock county. Hon. D. M. Gbaham, Judge. Proceeding before tbe board of supervisors by tbe city of Bay St. Louis against Hancock county. From a. judgment on appeal in tbe circuit court for tbe defendant, plaintiff, appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Section 4469, Code 1906 (section 7143, Hemingway’s Code), as amended by chapter 140,' Laws 1918, in part provides: “One-half of tbe ad valorem tax collected on property within a municipality shall be paid over to tbe treasurer thereof in cases where tbe streets are worked at tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding, begun before the hoard of supervisors of Hancock county and appealed therefrom to the court below, in which the appellant seeks to recover from the board of supervisors of Hancock county one-half of certain road taxes collected by the county on property situated within the appellant municipality.
The cause was tried on an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears:
“That the city of Bay St. Louis is an incorporated city in Hancock county, and the streets of said city are worked at the expense of the city treasury and by…
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