Carney v. Hamilton

Decided November 15, 1906

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1906-11-15

From the chancery court of Copiah county. Hon. Robert B. Mates, Chancellor. Carney, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Hamilton, tax collector of Copiah county, appellee, was defendant there. From a decree in favor of defendant the complainant appealed to the supreme court.

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Decided 1906-11-15

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Mayes, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This case was before me when I was presiding as chancellor, and was decided by me and appealed to this court. I am now satisfied that the case was decided wrong in the court below. *754On the facts as presented we do not think that Carney was maintaining a depot for the distribution or shipment of coca-cola within the meaning of Laws 1904, ch. 76, sec. 18, p. 62. The coca-cola was bought and sold by him as any other article of merchandise in conducting his business of wholesale grocer.

¶3Reversed and case dismissed.