Hester v. Copiah County

Appellant exhibited his petition in the circuit court praying that he be allowed, for the year 1938, the fees specified in Section 1804, Code 1930', which section provides in certain respects an increased compensation “in all counties in this state now having or which may hereafter attain a population of 32,000 or over.” Petitioner averred and offered evidence to prove that the population of the county had increased to more than 32,000.

The county defended on the ground, among others, that the federal census of 1930 showed for that county a population of 31,614 and relied on Brown v. Beeves,…