Jamison v. Dulaney
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Chickasaw county, first district. The town of Houston issued $4,000 in bonds for municipal purposes. The appellants enjoined the collection of a small amount of taxes levied on their property to pay these bonds. Their bill for injunction was demurred to and the demurrer sustained, injunction dissolved and $40 attorneys’ fees awarded against complainants. From this interlocutory decree the complainants prosecuted an appeal.
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From the chancery court of Chickasaw county, first district. The town of Houston issued $4,000 in bonds for municipal purposes. The appellants enjoined the collection of a small amount of taxes levied on their property to pay these bonds. Their bill for injunction was demurred to and the demurrer sustained, injunction dissolved and $40 attorneys’ fees awarded against complainants. From this interlocutory decree the complainants prosecuted an appeal. The complainants, after disposition of the appeal, filed an amended bill, to which the defendants answered, and, on motion to dissolve the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
This is the third appearance of this case in this court. The original bill entitled the complainant to no other relief than injunction, and the validity of the whole issue of bonds was determinable by its result, and the chancellor dissolved the injunction, allowing some $40 as attorney’s fees. This court, on appeal, affirmed that decree. When the cause was remanded, the complainants asked leave to file an amended bill, substantially identical with the original bill. This was refused, and, *892on appeal, we affirmed that decree. When the case was the second time remanded, the counsel for…
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