Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Jordan v. Mayor of Greenwood
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1930No. 28339PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The state, on the relation of Arthur Jordan, district attorney for the Fourth judicial district of this state, in which the city of Greenwood, in Leflore county, is situated, filed in the circuit court of that county an information in the nature of a quo warranto against the appellees, John Ashcraft, G.B. Elliot, and J.B. Webb, mayor and councilmen of said city, to oust them from their offices on the ground that they were usurping the duties of their respective offices without warrant of law.
In the latter part of the year 1922, and the early part of 1923, the city of Greenwood attempted to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State ex rel. West v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- People v. MaynardMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
- Rumsey v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. Bala & Bryn Mawr Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Lanning v. . CarpenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dye v. State Ex Rel. HaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. LandMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
- Lee v. LangSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- State, Ex Rel. v. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the WorldSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
- City of Greenwood v. HumphreysMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
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