State, Ex Rel. v. Quinn

A bill of complaint was filed in the Chancery Court of Jackson County by the State, on the relation of Luther W. Maples, District Attorney of the Second Judicial District, in which Jackson County is included, against Wallace M. Quinn and others to abate a public nuisance.

The allegations thereof were substantially as follows: (Hn 1) The defendants operate a fish reduction plant on the south bank of Sioux Bayou, on the Pascagoula River, in Jackson County. During the period from May to October of each year, menhaden or pogie fish are taken in the Gulf of Mexico and are reduced to oils and…