Bridges v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Clay County. Hon. James M. ARNOLD, Judge. The appeal and agreement in this case are in acccordance with the proceedings which were held valid in Yalobusha Bounty v. Qarbry, 8 S. & M. 529. The power of the board of supervisors to bind the county as to the mode of trial on appeal by agreement is fully recognized in that case.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Clay County. Hon. James M. ARNOLD, Judge. The appeal and agreement in this case are in acccordance with the proceedings which were held valid in Yalobusha Bounty v. Qarbry, 8 S. & M. 529. The power of the board of supervisors to bind the county as to the mode of trial on appeal by agreement is fully recognized in that case. The provision in Code 1871, § 1383, that the case “shall” be tried on the bill of exceptions is not mandatory, but directory only. Bason v. Bason, 31 Miss. 578; Malcom v. Rogers, 5 Cowen, 188. If the statute is mandatory, the only proper…
1Opinion of the Court
George, C. J.,
delivered the_opinion of the court.
This record presents the following state of facts: Certain citizens and tax-payers of Clay County presented their petition to the board of supervisors, asking for an additional allowance *254of six hundred and fifty dollars to the plaintiffs in error, over and above their contract price for building certain bridges. The ground upon which the allowance is asked is that the contractors are young and inexperienced, and incautiously became the lowest bidders for the work at a sum much less than its value. The board very properly refused the petition,…
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