Board of Highway Commissioners v. Warren
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Leake county. Hon. A. Y. Woodward, Chancellor. Suit between the Board of Highway Commissioners of Edinburg road district and E. B. Warren and others. Prom a judgment for the latter, the former appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The questions presented by the record in this case are important ones.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Leake county. Hon. A. Y. Woodward, Chancellor. Suit between the Board of Highway Commissioners of Edinburg road district and E. B. Warren and others. Prom a judgment for the latter, the former appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The questions presented by the record in this case are important ones. The sole question is, as to the power of the chancellor in the hearing of objections to the validation proceedings under the Act of September 2, 1917, chapter 29. In other words, is a judgment of a board of supervisors of the same…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This litigation arises out of the attempted organization- of a road district to be called • the Edinburg Road District in Leak County, under chapter 176 of the Laws of 1914. It is unnecessary to recite the various steps taken and the orders of the board of supervisors relating thereto. The last order of the board entered at its June Meeting, 1917, authorized the issuance of twenty thousand dollars worth of bonds. A conditional bid for these bonds was made by a bank of Jackson, Miss., conditioned upon the approval of the bonds by some expert bond attorney of New York. The record does not show…
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