Postal Telegraph & Cable Co. v. Robertson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. IT. Potter, Judge. Suit Tby Stokes Y. Robertson, State Revenue Agent, against tbe Postal Telegraph & Cable Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
Ethridge. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe state revenue agent brought suit against tbe Postal Telegraph-Cable company for privilege taxes due for tbe years 1904 to 1915, inclusive, to tbe Yazoo*206Mississippi Delta levee-district; said privilege taxes being levied by tbe said levee district under chapter 80 of the Laws of 1902. The board of levee commissioners, acting under chapter 80 of the Laws of 1902, in the year 1904 imposed a privilege tax upon telegraph companies, operating less than one thousand miles of line, of twenty five cents for each mile. This act was passed by the May…
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