Legal Opinion

Hancock County v. State Highway Commission

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1940No. 34055PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, P. J.

Hancock County filed a petition for mandamus in the Circuit Court of that county against the State Highway Commission, and the individual members of the Commission, seeking to compel the State Highway Commission to allow Hancock County certain moneys expended in building a bridge in said county, or between the said county and Harrison County, for which the county contended the Highway Commission should reimburse it. The court below dismissed the petition for mandamus, and the county appealed from the judgment of dismissal. The Highway Commission makes the motion her to dismiss the appeal…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bridges v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
  2. State ex rel. Brown v. Poplarville Sawmill Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Jones v. CashinMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  4. State Ex Rel. Trahan v. PriceMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Orrell v. Bay Manufacturing Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. USPCI of Miss. v. State Ex Rel. McGowanMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State Ex Rel. Cowan v. State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Williams v. StevensMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Madison County v. Mississippi State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Board of Education of Forrest County v. SiglerMississippi Supreme Court · 1968

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