Walton v. Colmer

Appellant insists that the opinion handed down in this case is in direct conflict with Pidgeon Thomas Iron Co. v. Leflore County, 135 Miss. 155, 99 So. 677. That was a suit by a private individual on his own behalf, not a suit on behalf of the public, as is the case in hand. The court held that in the absence of a statute imposing individual liability upon the members of the board of supervisors for their defaults there was no liability. To the same effect is Reese v. Isola State Bank, 140 Miss. 355,105 So. 636. That was a suit by an individual in his own behalf against the school trustees.

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