Bennett v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Petition by W. T. Jones and others for a writ of mandamus against J. D'. Bennett, sheriff and tax collector. From a judgment overruling a demurrer to the petition and directing the issuance of the writ, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Petition by W. T. Jones and others for a writ of mandamus against J. D'. Bennett, sheriff and tax collector. From a judgment overruling a demurrer to the petition and directing the issuance of the writ, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The single question presented by this record is whether or not a person whose duty it is to pay a privilege tax during the month of April and who fails to do so and thereby becomes liable for double damages, as provided by section 3901 of the…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Appellees filed their petition in the circuit court of Forrest county, praying for a writ' of mandamus to compel appellant, the sheriff and tax collector of that county, to issue to petitioners a privilege tax license, authorizing them to conduct the business of a pool room upon their payment of the sum of four hundred dollars, the amount of the privilege tax required by law.
Appellees were conducting a pool room, under the name of “Smoke House,” in Hattiesburg, a city of less than 20,000, but not less than 10,000, inhabitants. Their privilege tax license expired on April 1,1914. They failed…
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