State ex rel. Stirling v. Board of Levee Commissioners of Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Supreme Court
Eeom tbe chancery court, second district, Coahoma county. IloN. MaNuel E. DektoN, Chancellor. The State ex rel., etc., appellant, was complainant in the court below; the board of levee commissioners, appellee, was defendant there. Erom a decree in defendant’s favor the complainant appealed to the supreme court.
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Eeom tbe chancery court, second district, Coahoma county. IloN. MaNuel E. DektoN, Chancellor. The State ex rel., etc., appellant, was complainant in the court below; the board of levee commissioners, appellee, was defendant there. Erom a decree in defendant’s favor the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The contract between the board of levee commissioners and D. A. Scott, its president, and one of its members, is void because contrary to the public policy of the state; is void at common law, as well as under the constitution and statutes of this state. It is perfecly manifest that…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Mr. D. A. Scott, an attorney at law, is a member and president of the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mis-sissippi Delta. This board has its regular elected attorney, whose duty it is to attend to its legal matters'. As several damage suits were and now are pending against said board, it was deemed advisable by the board and its regular attorney to employ counsel to assist its regular attorney in the defense thereof. On June 30, 1909, an order was passed authorizing the employment of Mr Scott for- this purpose. Mr. Scott dic[ ■not seek this employment, and retired from the board…
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