Adams v. Lamb Fish Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery 'court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. Joe Mat, Chancellor. Suit by Wirt Adams, State Revenue Agent, against the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. From a judgment, for the defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery 'court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. Joe Mat, Chancellor. Suit by Wirt Adams, State Revenue Agent, against the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. From a judgment, for the defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The sole question presented for consideration and determination by the court iá as follows: Is the appellee liable for taxes on its property situated within the town of Charleston on the first day of Feburary, 1911, which was placed outside the municipal boundaries by the ordinance passed in May, 1911? If this question be…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This suit was instituted in the chancery court of the First district of Tallahatchie county by Wirt Adams, the then revenue agent of the state, and was after-wards revived in the name of Stokes v. Robertson, the present revenue agent. The bill was filed for the purpose of collecting from the defendant, the appellee here, certain alleged delinquent taxes claimed to be due and owing by the defendant to the municipality of Charleston, Miss., for taxes for the year 1911. The cause was tried in the court below upon bill, answer, and agreement of counsel. The chancellor rendered a decree dismissing…
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