Legal Opinion

Clark v. Pearman

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1921No. 22023PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. E. T. Clark against W. L. Pearman and others for an injunction. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.

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Appeal from chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. E. T. Clark against W. L. Pearman and others for an injunction. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The Lead Bayou Drainage District, which was organized as shown by the agreed statement of facts in this record issued twenty-year serial bonds of the district for the payment of wprk proposed to be done at the time in the district in an amount of one. hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent from date, payable semi-annually. These bonds were…

1Opinion of the Court

-Anderson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a "bill filed by the appellant in the chancery court of the Second district of Bolivar county against the appellees, as commissioners of the Lead Bayou drainage district of said county, seeking to enjoin the appellees from issuing and selling seventy-five thousand dollars - of additional bonds of said drainage district. The appellees answered the bill, and the cause was tried on bill, answer, agreed facts, and motion to dissolve the injunction. There was a decree in favor of the appellees holding the bonds valid and dissolving the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. People's Bank Liquidating Corp. v. Beashea Drainge Dist.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Moorhead Drainage Dist. v. PedigoMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  3. White v. Lake Cormorant Drainage Dist.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Anderson v. McKeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Gilmore-Puckett Lbr. Co. v. Big Brown's Creek Drainage Dist. No. 2Mississippi Supreme Court · 1949

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