Opinion ID: 1124080
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: enjoyment of benefits from the city without paying fair share of taxes

Text: The chancellor concluded that neither the residents nor the property owners in the contested area enjoy any substantial benefits from Southaven. However, fire protection is a major concern and Southaven's Fire Chief McCammon testified that his fire station has responded to forty-six (46) fire assistance calls from the Horn Lake Fire Department over the last ten (10) years. This indicium is still a valid consideration in passing upon the question of reasonableness. See Texas Gas Transmission Corp. v. City of Greenville, 242 So.2d 686 (Miss. 1971). This criterion was not significantly discussed by this Court in either Matter of Boundaries of City of Jackson, or Matter of Enlargement of Corp. Limits of Hattiesburg. The record demonstrates that the chancellor did not manifestly err in concluding that, despite increased secondary fire protection, these residents are not currently enjoying substantial benefits from Southaven.