Legal Opinion
Floyd T. Brown and J. Leland Brown, D/B/A Floyd T. Brown & Son v. Pearl River Valley Water Supply District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1961No. 18626_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The Mississippi Legislature passed a statute 1 in 1958 known as the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Act which authorized the creation of the appellee District. The Act provided that the Pearl River Industrial Commission should petition the chancery court of Hinds County, Mississippi, to organize and establish the District. The Act required that the Board of Water Commissioners, each county in the proposed district, and every municipality of a population of 10,000 should be made parties defendant to the proceeding. It was expressly provided that it was not…
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