Adams v. Stonewall Manufacturing Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Clarke county. Hon. Stone Dbavors, Chancellor. Wirt Adams, state revenue agent, filed the bill in this case against-the Stonewall Manufacturing Company and the Stonewall Cotton Mills in the chancery court of Clarke county to the October, 1898, term, in which he alleged that the Stonewall Manufacturing Company was chartered in 1870 as a corporation, such charter to last for twenty-five years; that from the date of its charter it had operated a large…
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Prom the chancery court of Clarke county. Hon. Stone Dbavors, Chancellor. Wirt Adams, state revenue agent, filed the bill in this case against-the Stonewall Manufacturing Company and the Stonewall Cotton Mills in the chancery court of Clarke county to the October, 1898, term, in which he alleged that the Stonewall Manufacturing Company was chartered in 1870 as a corporation, such charter to last for twenty-five years; that from the date of its charter it had operated a large cotton factory in said county up to the date of the filing of this bill; that certain property was assessed as the…
1Opinion of the Court
Wi-iitfield, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts alleged in this bill disclose a most remarkable case, one falling peculiarly within the jurisdiction of the chancery court, pre-eminently a case for full and complete discovery. We do not think the tax assessor and tax collector of Clarke county necessary parties to this bill. Section 4200 of the code of 1892 is applicable where there has been a willful default on the part of such officers to assess or collect, respectively, the taxes. Wherever the case made by the bill and admitted by *113the demurrer plainly shows that there could…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. WestMississippi Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by2 opinions
- Robertson v. F. Goodman Dry Goods Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1917
- Adams v. Stonewall Cotton MillsMississippi Supreme Court · 1906