Anderson v. Board of Supervisors of Issaquena County

Citations

• 75 Miss. 873

Syllabus

<p>1. Levee Scrip. Issaquena county. Laws 1850, %>. 314; latos 1857, p. 87. Rights of holders. Subsequent legislation. Laws 1860, p. 434; laws 1867, p. 341.</p> <p>Orders on its treasurer, in payment of work done in construction of levees, issued by the board of levee inspectors of Issaquena county, in 1859, under the act of February 1,1850 (Laws, p. 314), as amended by the act of November 19, 1857 (Laws, p. 87), are, in their nature, essentially county debts, for the security of which all the lands in the county are made taxable, and the rights of holders of the same are not affected by subsequent legislation providing another debtor and a different security and mode of payment, and making their validity dependent upon new conditions.</p> <p>3. Same. Statute of limitations. Interest.</p> <p>Such orders being, in their essential nature, county warrants, are not subject to the statute of limitations, nor do they bear interest. Taylor v. Chickasaw County, 70 Miss., 87, cited.</p>