Thompson v. Lamar County Agricultural High School
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lamar county. Hon A. E. "Weatherby, Judge. Suit "by J. M. Thompson & Company, against the Lamar County Agricultural High School and A. B. Talbert.. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The school is the board of trustees, and vice versa the board of trustees is the school.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lamar county. Hon A. E. "Weatherby, Judge. Suit "by J. M. Thompson & Company, against the Lamar County Agricultural High School and A. B. Talbert.. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The school is the board of trustees, and vice versa the board of trustees is the school. It might as plausibly be said that a suit against a corporation could not be maintained because against the corporation by name instead of against its board of directors. Lamar County Agricultural High School is merely the…
1Opinion of the CourtEtheidge, J.
J. M. Thompson & Co., wholesale grocers of Philadelphia, Pa., filed a suit in the justice court of Lamar county against Lamar County Agricultural High School and Professor B. A. Tolbert for certain groceries sold to B. A. Tolbert, principal of Lamar County Agricultural High School, for use in boarding students in that institution, amounting to one hundred, ninety-two dollars and six cents, with interest. The orders for these groceries were signed, “ Lamar County Agricultural High School, per B. A. Tolbert.” In the justice court *627Hiere was a judgment against B. A. Tolbert and the Lamar County…
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