Whitworth College, Inc. v. City of Brookhaven

MIZE, District Judge.

Plaintiff in this case is a Tennessee corporation and the defendant is a municipality formed under the general laws of Mississippi relative to municipal corporations and is governed by a Mayor and Board of Aldermen who are elected every four years. There are several questions presented for decision, the first one being one as to the jurisdiction of this court; the second, a major question, is whether or not an option granted in 1941 by the City of Brookhaven to Whitworth College, Incorporated, a Mississippi corporation, is a valid option, and as a corollary to that…