Legal Opinion
St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Benton County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1923No. 23274PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This is an action by the appellant for the refund of the two-mill school tax assessed by the board of supervisors of Benton county upon all property not situated in a separate school district in said county under the provisions of section 1572, Code of 1906 (Hemingway’s Code, section 7388), which reads as follows:
“The board of supervisors are empowered to levy annually for public schools a tax upon the taxable property of the county, which is outside the limits of any separate school district, and may levy an additional poll tax of not exceeding one dollar3 on each male inhabitant liable to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Miller v. State ex rel. RussellMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
- Wright v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
- Trustees of Walton School v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by16 opinions
- Dye v. State Ex Rel. HaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Hall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Van Slyke v. Board of TrusteesMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
- Battle v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Holmes v. GriffinMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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