Robertson v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court.of Leflore county. Hon. Joe A. May, Chancellor. Injunction by M. E. Robertson against the hoard of supervisors of Leflore county. From a decree disolv-ing a temporary injunction and dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court.of Leflore county. Hon. Joe A. May, Chancellor. Injunction by M. E. Robertson against the hoard of supervisors of Leflore county. From a decree disolv-ing a temporary injunction and dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The legislature on March 21, 1916, passed an act, authorizing the board of supervisors of Leflore county, Miss., to issue, bonds of said county to an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars for the improvement of the public roads out of stone, gravel, or other material. The board of supervisors proceeded in accordance with the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Chapter 424, Laws of 1916, does not violate section 90, par. L of the Constitution, for the reason that it does not provide for the “laying out, opening, altering and working roads and highways,” hut for the raising of revenue with with to pay for the working of roads and highways, the method by which they have been or are to be laid out, opened, altered, and worked being governed by the general laws relating thereto.
Affirmed,
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