Wilkinson County v. Tillery
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court of Wilkinson County. Hon. R. E. Jackson, Judge. B. Tillery presented a claim to the board of supervisors of Wilkinson county and after its disallowance, filed with the clerk of the board a petition for an appeal from the order, whereupon the clerk sent to the circuit court a record showing the claim and the order rejecting it, and thereafter claimant petitioned for a writ of certiorari to the clerk of the board of supervisors, requiring him to send…
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Wilkinson County. Hon. R. E. Jackson, Judge. B. Tillery presented a claim to the board of supervisors of Wilkinson county and after its disallowance, filed with the clerk of the board a petition for an appeal from the order, whereupon the clerk sent to the circuit court a record showing the claim and the order rejecting it, and thereafter claimant petitioned for a writ of certiorari to the clerk of the board of supervisors, requiring him to send up an alleged unsigned bill of exceptions as part of the record. The county’s motion to quash the unsigned bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellee, Mr. Tillery, presented his claim to the board of supervisors of Wilkinson county for the value of a cow killed in process of dipping under orders of the board of supervisors. This claim was presented under chapter 38, Laws of 1917. It was disallowed by the board, whereupon the appellee filed with the clerk of the board a petition for an appeal from the order. In this petition the clerk is requested “to make and file transcript of my claim and order of the' board, returnable to the next session of the circuit court of said county.” The clerk sent to the circuit court a record…
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