Moss Point Lumber Co. v. Harrison County
Mississippi Supreme Court
From: tbe chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Harrison county, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; the lumber company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complainant the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the several opinions delivered in the case.
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From: tbe chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Harrison county, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; the lumber company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complainant the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the several opinions delivered in the case. The case was twice decided; at first the decree apjiealed from was reversed and remanded and the suit dismissed; upon suggestion of error a rehearing was granted — Justice Truly leaving the bench and being…
1Dissent
dissent on second decision.
Calhoon, J.,
on the second decision of the case, delivered the following dissenting opinion.
It would be pleasant to concur with the majority, but not possible, since the people, whom each of the court represents, is entitled, in great public questions, to the judgment of the minority member of the court. The reasons for -my position are stated in the views of the then majority of this court in the opinion heretofore rendered in this same cause, to be published. It remains now, on this suggestion of error, only to group them and leave conclusions to an able and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. BostwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Board of Supervisors of Clay County v. Board of Supervisors of Chickasaw CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
- Proffitt v. HendersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
- Middlesex Banking Co. v. FieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Ingraham v. ReganMississippi Supreme Court · 1851
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