Gibbs v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hinds County. Hon. E. G. PBYTON, Chancellor. A statute was passed Dec. 2, 1858, entitled “ An Act to aid in repairing and perfecting the levee of the Mississippi River in the counties of De Soto, Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington and Issaquena ” (Acts 1858, p. 38), by which a general scheme for protecting the alluvial lands of this State was organized, the local levee boards existing under prior laws in the counties of the district were…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hinds County. Hon. E. G. PBYTON, Chancellor. A statute was passed Dec. 2, 1858, entitled “ An Act to aid in repairing and perfecting the levee of the Mississippi River in the counties of De Soto, Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington and Issaquena ” (Acts 1858, p. 38), by which a general scheme for protecting the alluvial lands of this State was organized, the local levee boards existing under prior laws in the counties of the district were suspended, and a general levee board created, which was required to assume their indebtedness. To effectuate the scheme…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmees, J.
The act of Feb. 13, 1867, was a legislative proposition to the holdefs of claims against the old levee board of 1858, by which they were asked to submit to heavy sacrifices on the debts due them, and to accept in lien thereof the new bonds to be issued under said act. For the extinguishment of these new bonds a specific tax of five cents per acre in some of the counties, and of three cents per acre in others, was levied upon all the lands in the levee district; which tax, it was declared, “ shall continue until a sufficient sum is collected, with which to pay off all the debts and liabilities…
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