Legal Opinion
National Surety Co. v. Miller
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1929No. 27782PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.
The board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta was incorporated under chapter 168, Laws 1884, and sections 228-232 of the Constitution recognized and continued the said board in existence, with the jurisdiction conferred upon it now to be mentioned. By section 4 of the said chapter of said laws it was enacted that the said board "shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty to build, rebuild, strengthen, elevate and maintain the levees upon and along the Mississippi river front, in and through the counties” of their district, and after further elaborations and grants…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Chippewa Bridge Co. v. City of DurandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Paxton v. BaumMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
- Bell v. McKinneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- Miller v. TuckerMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
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3Cited by26 opinions
- William Hardin Bogard, Jr. v. Thomas D. Cook, Former Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Granquist v. Crystal Springs Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- Golding, State Auditor v. SALTERMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
- Barnett v. LollarMississippi Supreme Court · 1944
- Castleman v. Canal Bank & Trust Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1934
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