Keeton v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie chancery of Clarke county. HoN. Gr. C. TaNN, Chancellor. Suit by Gr. L. Keeton against the board of supervisors of Clarke county. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This is a friendly suit testing the validity of the proposed bond issue for the Carmichael consolidated school district.
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Appeal from tlie chancery of Clarke county. HoN. Gr. C. TaNN, Chancellor. Suit by Gr. L. Keeton against the board of supervisors of Clarke county. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This is a friendly suit testing the validity of the proposed bond issue for the Carmichael consolidated school district. A petition containing a large number of the qualified electors of the proposed district was filed with the county school board asking for the creation of said district and on May 10, 1916, the school board entered an…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
Appellant, as complainant in the court below, filed an injunction suit against the board of supervisors of Clarke county to restrain the issuance of bonds for the Carmichael consolidated school district. The bill was answered, testimony taken, and a decree rendered by the chancellor dismissing the bill. From the plead*81ings and the proof it affirmatively appears that two ■ petitions hy' taxpayers and school patrons were presented to the connty school board asking that certain territory he consolidated into one school district; that the hoard in compliance with the petitions entered an order May…
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- Purvis v. RobinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
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