Legal Opinion
Ford v. Easterling
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 24, 1938No. 33250PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellant O. J. Ford, filed a petition for a writ of prohibition against Geo. Easterling, Justice of the Peace of District No. 5 of Jones county, the members of the Board of Supervisors of the county, and 0. H. Thompson, Sheriff, alleging that the Board of Supervisors passed an order or ordinance reciting that certain territory in the unincorporated village of Moselle was “a residential section in which are located several churches, and that it will promote the public health, morals and safety for the hereinafter described territory to be zoned against the sale of beer so as to prohibit…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Thurlow v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
- Thorpe v. Rutland & Burlington RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Bartemeyer v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Crittenden v. Town of BoonevilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Eidge v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Arno v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Roy Lee Davidson v. City of Clinton, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Board of Supervisors v. McCormickMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
- Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc. v. City of HattiesburgMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
- Fanning v. Town of HickoryMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
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