Board of Supervisors v. Guaranty Loan, Trust & Banking Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county Hon. G. C. Tann, Chancellor. Actions by the board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County against the Guaranty Loan, Trust & Banking-Company and the First National Bank of Meridian and against the Citizens National Bank of Meridian. From a judgment for defendant, in each case, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
These cases arise ont of orders of the tax commission, and this is their second appearance in this conrt; the appeals in both instances being taken on the petition of the attorney-general. The former appeals were dismissed (117 Miss. 132, 77 So. 955), for the reason that there was then no statute in existence authorizing an appeal in such cases on petition of the attorney-general. After the former appeals were dismissed, and prior to the taking of the appeals here in question, chapter 238, Laws 1918, was enacted, by which the attorney-general is “authorized to institute or defend any suits…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Board of Supervisors v. Guaranty Loan, Trust & Banking Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1918