Arthur v. adam
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Geo. F. BkowN, Judge. The appellees, Adam & Speed, filed their petition to the judge oí the circuit court, praying for a writ of mandamus against A. H. Arthur, clerk of the board of supervisors of Warren county, alleging that on the 20th day of March, 1871, the said board of supervisors allowed and ordered the payment of an account to petitioners, for $2,000.00, fee for services as counsel for said county in a tax suit in the…
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Error to the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Geo. F. BkowN, Judge. The appellees, Adam & Speed, filed their petition to the judge oí the circuit court, praying for a writ of mandamus against A. H. Arthur, clerk of the board of supervisors of Warren county, alleging that on the 20th day of March, 1871, the said board of supervisors allowed and ordered the payment of an account to petitioners, for $2,000.00, fee for services as counsel for said county in a tax suit in the chancery and supreme courts, and that the said Arthur, clerk, etc., refused to issue to petitioners the proper warrant…
1Opinion of the CourtTakbell, J.
Divested of technical and superfluous language, this case is reduced to the following narrow limits: At a meeting of the board of supervisors of Warren county, March 20, 1871, supposed to have been in all respects, a legal and “ regular ” meeting, as provided by law, (Code of 1857, art. 6, p. 415, fixing the meeting of the board of police; laws of 1870, ch. 7, p. 66, designating the time of holding circuit court in Warren county; laws of 1870, ch. 12, p. 80, in relation to board of supervisors;) the sum of $2000.00, was allowed to Adam & Speed, for professional services rendered the county as…
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