Legal Opinion
City of Jackson v. for Incorporation
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1975No. 48644PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
318 So.2d 843 (1975)
CITY OF JACKSON and City of Pearl
v.
PETITIONERS FOR INCORPORATION OF the CITY OF RICHLAND.
No. 48644.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 29, 1975.
Bacon & Smith, Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr., Watkins & Eager, George R. Fair, John E. Stone, Jackson, O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellants.
McLaurin & Nicols, Brandon, for appellee.
Before RODGERS, SUBB and BROOM, JJ.
BROOM, Justice.
Incorporation of the City of Richland as a new municipality was decreed by the Rankin County Chancery Court on October 31, 1974. The cities of Pearl and Jackson (appellants) seek to reverse this…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re City of PearlMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
- Hamilton v. INCORPORATION OF PETAL, FORREST CTY.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1974
- City of Meridian v. Town of MarionMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
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