State ex rel. Collins v. Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. HoN. H. H. Elmoee, Judge. Separate proceedings in quo warranto by the state on the relation of Eoss A. Collins, Attorney-General, against J. S. Jackson and others. Judgment for respondents, on demurrer, and relator appeals. ■ The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief of counsel on either side found in the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Quo warranto proceedings were filed by the attorney-general on behalf of the state in the circuit courts of ' Washington and Humphreys counties to test the validity of the formation of Humphreys county. Proceedings were filed in both counties against certain alleged members of the board of supervisors of Humphreys county. One of the suits in Washington county was filed against those members of the board of Humphreys county who were citizens of Washington county before the attempted formation of Humphreys county, and the other, *729filed in this county,…
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