Pegram v. West Hatchie & Owl Creek Drainage District
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Tippah county. Hon. J. G. McG-owen, Chancellor. Suit by S. W. Pegram against the West Hatchie and! Owl Creek Drainage District. Prom a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated- in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Tippah county. Hon. J. G. McG-owen, Chancellor. Suit by S. W. Pegram against the West Hatchie and! Owl Creek Drainage District. Prom a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated- in the opinion of the court. The authority of the legislature to establish a court which is not specifically provided for in the constitution was questioned in the case of Thomas v. State, 5 Walker 20. In that case the legislature created an inferior criminal circuit court, inferior to the circuit court by conferring upon the latter • the authority to bring…
1Opinion of the Court
Peed, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. Appellant, a citizen and taxpayer of Tippah county, filed his bill seeking an injunction against the issuance of bonds of the West Hatchie and Owl Creek Drainage District and the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes on his land for the payment of the bonds. The drainage district was organized under chapter 197 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1912, being an act to create additional methods of organizing and/maintaining drainage districts. There is no question raised in this case as to the regularity or sufficiency of the organization of the…
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