Mayor of Jackson v. Thomas

The appeal from the action of the Circuit- Court in this case should have been to the Court of Appeals instead of to the Supreme Court.

The controversy is between the Mayor of the City of Jackson and four members of the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson Housing Authority. The Commissioners discharged James D. Hilbert who was the Executive Director of said Housing Authority. The Mayor brought charges against said four Commissioners, accusing them of neglect of duty and after a hearing he made a finding of guilt and discharged said Commissioners. Thereupon they filed a petition to Honorable…