Rotenberry v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of the first district of Yalobusha county. Hon. J. G. Hall, Chancellor. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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From the chancery court of the first district of Yalobusha county. Hon. J. G. Hall, Chancellor. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Filed a written argument, without citation of authorities, discussing at length the evidence, to prove that the building of a new court-house was entirely unnecessary, and that the lot at present owned by the county was altogether suitable as a site for a new court-house if one should be built; that the statutory power of the board of supervisors to purchase a site does not exist where the county already owns a suitable site. As the wisdom of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
The appellant filed his original bill in first district of Yalobusha county to enjoin the board of supervisors from making any contract for the building of a new court-house, and to have declared void the various orders of the board of supervisors, made and entered on their minutes in the year 1889, condemning the old court-house, purchasing a new site for a new court building, and taking steps looking to the erection of it, and for the cancellation of the contract of purchase and sale made between said board of supervisors and George Boswell, for the site selected by the board for the…
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