Board of Aldermen v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court, of Tippah county. Hon. H. K.'Mahon, Judge. ■ Suit by the board of áldermen of the town of Blue Mountain against the board of supervisors of Tippah county. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. In the absence of legislative provision, all the money raised by taxation within the corporate limits of th‘e town for road purposes is to he expended on the streets of said town.
Read the full summary
Appeal from the circuit court, of Tippah county. Hon. H. K.'Mahon, Judge. ■ Suit by the board of áldermen of the town of Blue Mountain against the board of supervisors of Tippah county. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. In the absence of legislative provision, all the money raised by taxation within the corporate limits of th‘e town for road purposes is to he expended on the streets of said town. In Blocker v. The State, 72 Miss. 720, 18 So. 388, we find this language: “When a town or village is a separate road district,…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The case presented to us rests upon an agreed statement of facts, which is in these words, viz.:
“It is hereby agreed by and between Spight & Street, attorneys for plaintiff in this .cause, and T. E. Pegram, attorney for the defendant herein, that Blue Mountain is an incorporated town in the Third supervisor’s district of Tippah county, containing a population of about six hundred, and including within its corporate limits an area of about one mile square.
“That the assessed value of the property, real and personal, in said Third supervisor’s district, exclusive of Blue Mountain, is four…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Town of Waveland v. Hancock CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1915