Pemberton Properties, Ltd. v. Mayor & Board of Aldermen of Pearl

DICKINSON, PRESIDING JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Under Mississippi law, a person wishing to appeal the adoption of a city’s ordinance must do so within ten days. The primary question presented is whether— as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Pearl (the “City”) argue—the appeal period begins to run from the day of the ordinance’s adoption, or—as the appellants argue—from its effective date. We also must consider whether a circuit judge may dismiss a complaint seeking a writ of mandamus to order a city to file a bill of exceptions presented to it for review, when the circuit judge…