Jones v. Belzoni Drainage District
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. W. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by L. B. Jones against the Belzoni Drainage District of Washington County, and others. From a judgment for defendants, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief of counsel on either, side found in the record.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This is a suit instituted in the chancery court of Washington county by a taxpayer of said county. The bill of complaint charges that chapter 195 of the Laws of 1912, entitled “An act to provide for the creation of drainage districts in the state of Mississippi,” is unconstitutional, and prays for the issuance of an injunction against the drainage commissioners organized under said act to restrain said commissioners from assessing betterment taxes, or damages on lands embraced in said district, and from issuing ór negotiating bonds, etc. The appellee drainage district was organized under the…
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