Legal Opinion · Concurrence

City of Jackson v. McLeod

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1946No. 35989Published

1Concurrence

Concurring Opinion.

'Sydney Smith, G. J.,

delivered a concurring opinion.

I am of the opinion that the Court below should have granted the appellant’s request for a directed verdict. I regret that I am unable to concur in the reasons therefor that influenced Judges L. A. Smith, Alexander and Griffith, as set forth in Judge .Griffith’s opinion, thereby preventing the decision here made from being an authoritative precedent in cases arising under Chapter 208-, Laws of 1944.

The question presented to the Court below was not “whether the- action, taken by the Civil Service Commission was in good…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hairston v. MontgomeryMississippi Supreme Court · 1912
  2. McLeod v. Civil Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. PopeMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Home Owners Loan Corp. v. WigginsMississippi Supreme Court · 1940

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