Hester v. Board of Sup'rs
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Smith county. Hon. T. P. Dale, Chancellor. Proceedings between J. T. Hester and others and the board of supervisors of Smith county. Prom the decree rendered, the former appeal.
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Appeal from chancery court of Smith county. Hon. T. P. Dale, Chancellor. Proceedings between J. T. Hester and others and the board of supervisors of Smith county. Prom the decree rendered, the former appeal. We call attention specially to the order passed by the board of aldermen, wherein it is ordered: “The mayor and board of aldermen of the town of Taylorsville met as per above call with all members present and upon petitions presented to the board showing two-thirds of the qualified electors of the Taylorsville separate school district, be it hereby ordered by the board that said separate…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, P. J.
This is a proceeding to validate a twenty-five thousand dollar bond issue of the Taylorsville consolidated school district. From a decree validating these bonds this appeal is here prosecuted.
Five separate school districts were attempted to be consolidated into the Taylorsville consolidated school district. Prior to this attempted consolidation the Taylorsville separate school district was a municipal school district, and consequently not within the jurisdiction of the county school board. There was an attempt prior to the attempted consolidation of these separate school districts to abolish…
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