Price v. Anderson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeals from the Circuit Court of Lafayette County and the Chancery Court of Union County. Hon. W. M. Rogers, Judge. Hon. Baxter McFarland, Chancellor. Under the law in force at the time of the enactment by the Legislature ofAn Act in Relation to Judicial Districts for Circuit and Chancery Courts,” approved March 8, 1888, the state was divided into eleven judicial districts “ for Circuit and Chancery Courts.”
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of Lafayette County and the Chancery Court of Union County. Hon. W. M. Rogers, Judge. Hon. Baxter McFarland, Chancellor. Under the law in force at the time of the enactment by the Legislature ofAn Act in Relation to Judicial Districts for Circuit and Chancery Courts,” approved March 8, 1888, the state was divided into eleven judicial districts “ for Circuit and Chancery Courts.” That act provided, “ That the state shall be divided into eight judicial districts for Circuit Courts;” and that “ The state shall be divided into six judicial districts for Chancery…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
In view of the great public interest involved in the question of the validity or invalidity of the act, entitled: “ An act in relation to the judicial districts for circuit and chancery courts,” approved March 8, 1888, we yield to the earnest request of counsel, and decide it without regard to the manner in which it was raised.
The right of the legislature to establish and change j udicial districts at pleasure, and prescribe the time for holding courts in each county is undeniable. If the act under consideration contained a provisi.on that it should not take effect as to circuit judges and…
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