White v. Town of Drew

This case involves the reasonableness of the extension of the municipal limits of the Town of Drew, Mississippi. It was originally chartered as a village in September, 1899. In June, 1910, the village of Drew became the Town of Drew with its boundaries continuing the same up to the proposed extension.

Miss. Laws 1950, Chap. 491, Secs. 10-14, being Miss. Code 1942, Supp., Secs. 3374-10 through 3374-14 provide that the governing authorities of a municipality must pass an ordinance describing with certainty the new territory and the entire boundary of the city as changed. Sec. 10 states: ‘ ‘ In…