Town of Ocean Springs v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Jackson county. Hon. Tiiaddeus A. Wood, Judge. The appellee, Green, having been convicted in the munbipal court of Ocean Springs, a town operating under the code “3008. Ordinances: not to contain more than one subject; the title, etc. — -An ordinance shall not contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title; and an ordinance shall not be amended or revised unless the new ordinance contain the entire ordinance as revised,…
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From the circuit court of Jackson county. Hon. Tiiaddeus A. Wood, Judge. The appellee, Green, having been convicted in the munbipal court of Ocean Springs, a town operating under the code “3008. Ordinances: not to contain more than one subject; the title, etc. — -An ordinance shall not contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title; and an ordinance shall not be amended or revised unless the new ordinance contain the entire ordinance as revised, or the section or sections as amended, and the original shall thereby .be repealed.” In the case of Johnson v. Stale,…
1Opinion of the Court
Terral, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Green was charged by affidavit before tbe mayor of Ocean Springs with exhibiting a pistol in said town in a rude, angry and threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense. Ordinance No. 109, under which said, charge is made, is entitled "An ordinance entitled an ordinance to prevent the carrying or exhibing deadly weapons.”
The contention here is that the charge against Green is a nullity for two reasons: (1) Because the title of ordinance 109 contains more than one subject and is obnoxious to § 3008, annotated code; (2) because the legislature…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Dodd v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
- State ex rel. Collins v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
- Winfield v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1906