Clay County v. Chickasaw County
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Clay county. Hon. Baxter McFarland, Chancellor. The appellee, Chickasaw county, was the complainant in the court below. Clay county was defendant there.
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From the chancery court of Clay county. Hon. Baxter McFarland, Chancellor. The appellee, Chickasaw county, was the complainant in the court below. Clay county was defendant there. Clajr county was created in 1871* (laws 1871, p. 800), under the name “Colfax,” which name was changed to Clay in 1876 (laws 1876, p. 128). A large part of the territory of the new county was excised from Chickasaw county, and, by the act creating the new county, it was provided that it should pay a relative portion of the debts of the old counties, respectively, from which it was formed. In 1882 Chickasaw county…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
In the month of January, 1897, the claim here sued on was formally presented by the'attorney of the appellee to the board of supervisors of Clay county, and the facts supporting the claim were stated in his communication with particularity. The communication was referred, by an order entered upon the *421minutes of the board of supervisors of Clay county, to the at-. torney' of that board. The attorney of appellee was informed thereafter, by the said attorney of appellant, that he did not think Clay county liable for the claim, and that Chickasaw county would have to bring suit, and an action was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Board of Supervisors of Clay County v. Board of Supervisors of Chickasaw CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
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