Green v. Weller
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. The legislature of this State, in the year 1854, passed an act proposing to amend the Constitution by abolishing the Superior Court of Chancery and establishing “ chancery courts, with full jurisdiction in matters of equity, to be held in each judicial district by the circuit judge thereof, at such times and places as may be directed by law.”
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Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. The legislature of this State, in the year 1854, passed an act proposing to amend the Constitution by abolishing the Superior Court of Chancery and establishing “ chancery courts, with full jurisdiction in matters of equity, to be held in each judicial district by the circuit judge thereof, at such times and places as may be directed by law.” The proposed amendment also provided for the continuation of the then chancery courts, until the first Monday of November, A. D. 1857, for the disposition of causes then pending…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This case presents for our determination tbe important question, whether the bill passed by the legislature of this State, at the January session, 1854, abrogating the 16th section of the 4th article of the Constitution, which established the Superior Court of Chancery, and transferring full and complete equity jurisdiction to the judges of the Circuit Courts, was passed in conformity to the provisions of the Constitution.
It is not denied that this bill was, after its passage, duly and properly published, and submitted to the action of the people at the general election in November, 1855; and…
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