Mississippi Supreme Court October 15, 1918 (Board of Supervisors v. Whittington)

Sykes, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee owns an unexpired lease on three hundred and fifty acres of cleared land in a sixteenth, or school, section in Leflore county. This land was assessed by the board of supervisors at forty dollars an acre, to which appellee duly filed objections, which were overruled, and an appeal prosecuted to the circuit court.