Cleveland State Bank v. Cotton Exchange Bank
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. W. A. Talcorn, Jr., Judge. Petition for mandamus by the Cotton Exchange Bank against the Cleveland State Bank. Prom a judgment ordering a peremptory writ, respondent appeals. See, also, 79 So. 810. The /facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. W. A. Talcorn, Jr., Judge. Petition for mandamus by the Cotton Exchange Bank against the Cleveland State Bank. Prom a judgment ordering a peremptory writ, respondent appeals. See, also, 79 So. 810. The /facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It appears from the pleadings of this case that the superintendent of public education issued several thousand dollars of pay certificates, certifying that certain parties named had taught certain schools in Bolivar county for certain months during the latter' part of the year 1915, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellee, Cotton Exchange JBank, filed a petition in the circuit court of the Second district of Bolivar county, for a writ of mandamus to compel the appellant, Cleveland State Bank, to pay a number of school warrants owned by the appellee. A list of these warrants is made Exhibit A. to the petition, and the amount in all aggregates the sum of four thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars. These warrants were drawn by the clerk of the hoard of supervisors, and issued by bim, because of pay certificates issued by the superintendent of education of this county to parties named therein.…
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