Vasser v. George
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Leflore county. Hooker, Chancellor. The opinion states the case decided. The power of taxation is inherent in the people. They may be circumscribed by the constitution, it is true; but if this is not done, except in isolated cases and for certain purposes, it exists in all its rigor.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Leflore county. Hooker, Chancellor. The opinion states the case decided. The power of taxation is inherent in the people. They may be circumscribed by the constitution, it is true; but if this is not done, except in isolated cases and for certain purposes, it exists in all its rigor. In so far as it is retained by the people, it can be exercised by the legislature at its discretion; and in respect to the levee laws, the power of taxation was retained by the people. Cooley Const. Lim. 499, 698. If this position can be successfully assailed, there is another…
1Opinion of the Court
SlMRALL, J. :
J. Z. George exhibited his bill in chancery against W. H. Yasser, commissioner, upon whom was devolved the duties of the liquidating levee board, to vacate and cancel a deed made by the sheriff of Leflore county to the board, for lands bought in by them for the levee taxes, on the ground that the sale and deed did not divest the title of the complainant, hut created a cloud upon it.
The bill assails the sale and conveyance upon several grounds. The case is brought up for our revision of the order of the chancellor overruling the defendant’s demurrer thereto.
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- Ives v. LynnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1829
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