Sick v. City of Bay St. Louis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. W. M. DeNNY, Chancellor. Suit by Conrad Sick and others against the city of Bay St. Louis. From a decree for defendant, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. W. M. DeNNY, Chancellor. Suit by Conrad Sick and others against the city of Bay St. Louis. From a decree for defendant, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The question of law to he decided by this court will be argued in order as set out in the declaration: first, the total assessed valuation of the city of Bay St. Louis is one million six hundred thousand dollars and the bonds attempted to be sold by the city of Bay St. Louis are void in that it is in excess of seven per cent, of the total…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Complainants exhibited their bill in the chancery court of Hancock county, Miss., against the city of Bay St. Louis, alleging that the complainants are citizens and payers of the city of Bay St. Louis, and that the appellant Conrad Sick owns land situated on the beach front in said city, and that the appellant Octave Favre owns land in the city on a rear street of the city, and that the city of Bay St. Louis is undertaking to issue bonds in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars as empowered by chapter 287 of the Laws of 1916, without having submitted or offered to submit to the qualified…
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