Native Lumber Co. v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Ti-iaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. The Native Lumber Company and others, the appellants, were complainants in the court below; the board of supervisors and the board of election commissioners of Harrison county were defendants there. From a decree dissolving an injunction, sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint and dismissing the suit the complainants appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Ti-iaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. The Native Lumber Company and others, the appellants, were complainants in the court below; the board of supervisors and the board of election commissioners of Harrison county were defendants there. From a decree dissolving an injunction, sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint and dismissing the suit the complainants appealed to the supreme court. An election was held in a part of Harrison county under the provisions of what purports to be an act of the legislature (ch. 167, p. 185, laws of 1906),…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The bill in this- case prays not only “that an injunction issue enjoining and restraining said defendants, constituting the board of supervisors, from entering an order declaring said election carried in favor of the division of the said county, or any order creating said second district, or from yloing or performing any act with reference thereto,” but further prays “that a mandatory injunction issue directing and requiring said defendants, election commissioners, to immediately file with the clerk of this honorable court the ballot boxes, tally sheets and tickets composing the returns of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Conner v. GrayMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
- Gibbs v. McIntoshMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
- Lindsley v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1892
- Simpson County v. BuckleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by7 opinions
- McHenry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
- Barnes v. McLeodMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Brumfield v. BrockMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- In Re WilbournMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
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