Board of Supervisors of Clay County v. Board of Supervisors of Chickasaw County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Clay County. Hon. S, Evans, Chancellor of the Seventh Judicial District, presided in this case, having interchanged with Hon. F. A. Critz. In 1871 the legislature passed an act authorizing a new county to be created to be called Colfax, a certain part of the territory of ' Chickasaw to be included therein.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Clay County. Hon. S, Evans, Chancellor of the Seventh Judicial District, presided in this case, having interchanged with Hon. F. A. Critz. In 1871 the legislature passed an act authorizing a new county to be created to be called Colfax, a certain part of the territory of ' Chickasaw to be included therein. This act contained a provision as follows : “Section 7. Be it further enacted, That said county of Colfax shall pay its portion of the debts of the counties respectively from which said county of Colfax is formed, said proportions to be determined by the…
1Opinion of the CourtAjjwold, J.
The general merits of the controversy in this case have been decided adversely to appellants, on former appeals to this court. Board of Supervisors of Chickasaw County v. Board of Supervisors of Clay County, MSS.; Board of Supervisors of Chickasaw County v. Board of Supervisors of Clay County, 62 Miss. 325.
It was not error to sustain the demurrer to appellant’s amended cross-bill and to dismiss the same. The demand made by appellant in the amended cross-bill for a part of the county and school fund belonging to Chickasaw County at the time Colfax, now Clay County, was created, was without…
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