Legal Opinion

Culley v. Pearl River Industrial Commission

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 12, 1959No. 41071PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*799Ethridge, J.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Chancery Court, First Judicial District of Hinds County, creating the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (hereinafter sometimes referred to as District.) The District’s purpose is to construct a large dam and water reservoir in the Pearl River Valley north of Jackson, Mississippi, covering lands in parts of five counties of the State. The •issue on this appeal is whether the authorizing act, Senate Bill No. 1724, Miss. Laws 1958, is unconstitutional and void on its face and in the light of the record made in the trial court; or,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Albritton v. City of WinonaMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  3. RITCHIE v. City of BrookhavenMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Archer v. Greenville Sand & Gravel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. State Ex Rel. Rice v. StewartMississippi Supreme Court · 1938

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Loden v. Mississippi Public Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Ryals v. PigottMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Pearl River Valley Water Supply District v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Morley v. Jackson Redevelopment AuthorityMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. State Ex Rel. Schneider v. City of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1980

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