Gloster Compress & Trading Co. v. Mayor of Gloster
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Amite county. Hon. R. E. Jackson, Judge. Proceeding by the Gloster Compress & Trading Company against the Mayor & Aldermen of the Town of Gloster on an appeal for municipal assessment for taxes. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Amite county. Hon. R. E. Jackson, Judge. Proceeding by the Gloster Compress & Trading Company against the Mayor & Aldermen of the Town of Gloster on an appeal for municipal assessment for taxes. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. In the case at bar, plaintiff desired to do more than merely present the owners ideas of value and offers of sale, and made an attempt to offer evidence to show that the owners had same listed with real estate people and were making every effort to dispose of this…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The Gloster Compress & Trading Company is a corporation owning a compress and warehouse in the town of Gloster. This is an appeal from an assessment by the town of Gloster upon said property. The property had formerly been assessed at five thousand dollars but was assessed in the present instance by the municipal authorities at fifteen thousand dollars, the assessment having been made on the 5th day of October, as to this particular property, and said assessment entered on the roll on said 5th day of October. On the following day the agent of the appellant appeared before the board and…
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