Myers v. Chalmers
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. T. J. WhartoN, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated-in the opinion of the court. 1. Under our law and in view of the, provisions of the statutes of this State, no matter what is held in other States, we assert that the court below had no jurisdiction of this case. We cannot presume to be wiser than the law. The highest evidence of what the law is we have been accustomed to believe is the solemn declarations of this court.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. T. J. WhartoN, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated-in the opinion of the court. 1. Under our law and in view of the, provisions of the statutes of this State, no matter what is held in other States, we assert that the court below had no jurisdiction of this case. We cannot presume to be wiser than the law. The highest evidence of what the law is we have been accustomed to believe is the solemn declarations of this court. In the case of Oglesby v. Sigman, 58 Miss. 502, which was an action of mandamus, this court said: “The House of…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
This is a petition by the appellee for a mandamus to compel the appellant to count for him 1,472 votes cast for him in Tate County at the election held therein for a representative in the Congress of the United States, on the 7th of November, 1882, and to declare him elected. The first petition was filed before the count was made, and from the apprehension that the votes mentioned would not be counted for the petitioner. They were not so counted, but were counted for another, and the appellant declared Manning to have been elected, and, thereupon, the Governor commissioned him. An amended…
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