STEVENS v. CITY OF BROOKHAVEN

No. 6831.

64 F.2d 659 (1933)

STEVENS v. CITY OF BROOKHAVEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 19, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulton Thompson, of Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

A. A. Cohn, of Brookhaven, Miss., for appellee.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This suit by the receiver of First National Bank of Jackson, as holder of a note signed in the name of Brookhaven Municipal Separate School District by its trustees, sought to hold the city of Brookhaven liable as having authorized the note and having collected the taxes levied to pay it. Upon an agreed statement of facts the court gave judgment for the city, and the receiver appeals. The only question is whether the facts authorized that judgment...

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