Sanders v. City of Starkville
Mississippi Supreme Court
Aiteal from chancery court of Oktibbeha county. 1-Ion. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Snit by J. W. Sanders against the city of Starkville. From decree dissolving temporary injunction and awarding damages, plaintiff appeals.
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Aiteal from chancery court of Oktibbeha county. 1-Ion. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Snit by J. W. Sanders against the city of Starkville. From decree dissolving temporary injunction and awarding damages, plaintiff appeals. Section 3301 of the Code of 1906, provides the manner in which property may be added to an existing municipality ; the succeeding section 3302, specifically provides that: “The ordinance provided for in the preceding section shall not become operative until one month after the passage thereof and until the same shall have been published in some newspaper of the city or town…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This appeal presents a suit against the city of Stark-ville seeking to enjoin it from collecting taxes on property included in an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the municipality. From a decree of the court below dissolving the temporary injunction and awarding damages, this appeal Avas prosecuted.
*747On the 17th day of December, 1917, the city of Starkville, Miss., through its mayor and board of aldermen, adopted an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the municipality in an easterly direction so as to include within the municipal limits a large amount of improved property,…
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