Hinton v. Perry County
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe chancery court of, first district, Perry county. Hon. Stone Deavours, Chancellor. Hinton, appellant, was complainant, and Perry county, appellee, defendant in the court below. From a decree in defendant’s favor the complainant appealed to the supreme court.
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From tbe chancery court of, first district, Perry county. Hon. Stone Deavours, Chancellor. Hinton, appellant, was complainant, and Perry county, appellee, defendant in the court below. From a decree in defendant’s favor the complainant appealed to the supreme court. In February, 1902, the legislature passed an act authorizing the board of supervisors of Perry county to order an- election upon the question of removal of the seat of justice, from Augusta to some point on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad, providing that the board should make an order submitting the question to the…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
On p. 172, Laws 1902, appears an act (ch. 123) authorizing the board of supervisors of Perry county, on the petition of two hundred qualified electors of the county, to order an election to determine the question of removal of the seat of justice from *546Augusta “to some convenient point on the M., J. & K. C. Railroad;” and the act authorized a vote, at the same election, on competing points on that railroad. Accordingly the board ordered the election, and it resulted in nearly a unanimous vote for the removal, and a large majority for the point, Augusta Depot, over all the competitors combined;…
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