Crenshaw v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. Sam: C. Cook, Judge. This was a quo warranto proceeding by the state of Mississippi on the relation of W. A. Alcorn, Jr., district attorney, against H. C. Crenshaw and others. From a judgment granting the writ, defendants appeal. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. • No brief of counsel on either side found in the record.
1Opinion of the CourtMcLean, J.
This is a writ of quo warranto, brought by the district attorney against the officers of what is known as the “Tallahatchie Drainage District.” It is necessary *458to consider only one of the .very many interesting questions which this record presents, as this one question is decisive of the case.
In 1908 the legislature of this state passed what is known as the act creating the Tallahatchie drainage district in this state. Ch. 147, p. 147, Acts 1908. The object and purpose of this suit is to test the constitutionality of that act. The act by its express provisions applies to the county of…
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