Board of Supervisors v. Weatherford
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of De Soto county. Hon. E. I). Dinkins, Judge. Mandamus hy J. Hieskell Weatherford against the Board of Supervisors of De Soto County and others-From a judgment for petitioners, the county appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This is one of the cases in which a full statement of it is about the best argument that can be made. When chapter 149, Acts of 1910, is construed, the case settles itself.
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Appeal from the circuit court of De Soto county. Hon. E. I). Dinkins, Judge. Mandamus hy J. Hieskell Weatherford against the Board of Supervisors of De Soto County and others-From a judgment for petitioners, the county appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This is one of the cases in which a full statement of it is about the best argument that can be made. When chapter 149, Acts of 1910, is construed, the case settles itself. Since the 1900 contract road law was passed by the legislature, sections 4465 to 4475 of the 1906 Code being but a reenactment of the 1900…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
In the year 1912 the board of supervisors of De Soto county, acting under chapter 145, Laws 1912, which amends chapter 149, Laws 1910, created road districts in three supervisors districts of the county, among the districts being district No. 5, which is involved in the present controversy, and issued bonds under the said chapter in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and awarded contracts to the appellee for the construction of roads in said district, and also let contracts to other parties-for certain portions of the said district. The appellee completed his contract, and on the 5th day of…
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