Mississippi Cent. R. v. City of Hattiesburg

In the year 1922, the tax commission assessed the property of the appellant in the city of Hattiesburg at a higher valuation than the same property was assessed by the tax commission for state and county taxes. The railroad company paid the taxes for the years 1922 and 1923 at the assessed rate for the city without protest. On the same assessment roll, the N. O. & N. E. R. R. Co. was assessed in like manner at a like high rate, and paid the taxes under protest; sued for them, and was allowed to recover them in the case of Hattiesburg v. N. O. & N. E. R. R. Co., 141 Miss. 497, 106 So. 749,…