Birdsong v. Grubbs

This is an appeal by T. B. Birdsong, et al., from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Simpson County, granting, on the petition of George B. Grubbs, et al., a writ of mandamus against appellants.

The appellees brought this suit for the use and benefit of themselves, the people of Simpson County, and the State of Mississippi. They charged that T. B. Birdsong, as Commissioner of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, about March 19,1948, had unlawfully issued an order to all patrolmen, under no circumstances, to enforce the laws applicable to the transportation, possession, and sale of…