Legal Opinion

Wilby v. Board of Supervisors

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 1956No. 39941PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.

W. A. Wilby and W. H. Hines, adult resident citizens of Jones County, filed their petition in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County against .the Board of Supervisors of Jones County, seeking the issuance of a writ of prohibition prohibiting the said Board of Supervisors from calling, or proceeding *747to call, an election on the question of the abolition of the county court of said county, and praying the issuance of a temporary order restraining the said board, its clerk, agents, servants and employees from proceeding further with the calling of an' election or…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Crittenden v. Town of BoonevilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Gibbs v. McIntoshMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Hamilton v. LongMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Holmes v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1946

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Everitt v. LovittMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Harden v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. In re Election for House of Representatives District 71Mississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  4. John Reeves v. Adrienne WootenMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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