Board of Sup'rs v. Melton
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. I-Ion. E. S. Hall, Judge. < Certiorari by W. E. Melton and others to the board of supervisors of Forrest county and others, to revieiv an order requiring cattle to be clipped. From the judgment both parties appeal. This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the court below in a matter removed to it from the board of supervisors of Forrest county by a writ of certiorari.
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Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. I-Ion. E. S. Hall, Judge. < Certiorari by W. E. Melton and others to the board of supervisors of Forrest county and others, to revieiv an order requiring cattle to be clipped. From the judgment both parties appeal. This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the court below in a matter removed to it from the board of supervisors of Forrest county by a writ of certiorari. The petition on which the writ was granted is quite1 lengthy, setting forth in great detail the history of the cattle tick eradication movement in Forrest county, from the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
(After stating the facts as above). The issuance of a writ of certiorari for the removal to tlie circuit court of *623cases decided, by an inferior tribunal is governed by sections 90 and 91, Code of 1906 (Hemingway’s Code, sections 72, 73). The very simple procedure contemplated by these statutes was not followed in the removal of this case to and in the trial thereof by the court below.
The petition on which the writ of certiorari is to be granted need only set forth the case sought to be removed to the circuit court, and the cause for the removal, so that the judge to whom the application for…
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