Lammons v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit-court of Yazoo county. Hon. "W. A. Henry, Judge. Proceedings by M. K. Lammons and others against the board of supervisors of Yazoo county. Prom a judgment of the circuit court approving an order of the hoard which declared the stock law in force in a certain district, Lammons and others appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit-court of Yazoo county. Hon. "W. A. Henry, Judge. Proceedings by M. K. Lammons and others against the board of supervisors of Yazoo county. Prom a judgment of the circuit court approving an order of the hoard which declared the stock law in force in a certain district, Lammons and others appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The self-satisfying assertion, in the opening of the brief for appellees, that the case of Shaw v. Wofard, 82 Miss. 143, settles this case in favor of appellees, is as far from the true legal effect of that case as the…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Yazoo county, approving an order of the hoard of supervisors declaring the stock law in force in beat 3 of the county.
Appellants complain because they say beat 3 of the county does not constitute, as required by chapter 219, Laws 1912, “any part of two or more townships, not less than thirty-six square miles,” and, secondly, because-seventy-eight voters residing in Yazoo City, and owning no real estate outside said city, were allowed to vote in the election, and, eliminating these voters, the order was not approved by the voters.…
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- Garner v. Webster CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1901
- Gore v. DoolittleMississippi Supreme Court · 1900