Taylor v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of the first district of Chickasaw county. Mandamus by appellant to compel defendants, the board of supervisors of Chickasaw county, to levy a tax and provide funds for the payment of certain claims against the county held by petitioner, to wit: one hundred and twelve warrants drawn on the county treasurer by order of the board of police, four by order of the circuit court, two by order of the probate court, and eighty-four jury certificates or…
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From the circuit court of the first district of Chickasaw county. Mandamus by appellant to compel defendants, the board of supervisors of Chickasaw county, to levy a tax and provide funds for the payment of certain claims against the county held by petitioner, to wit: one hundred and twelve warrants drawn on the county treasurer by order of the board of police, four by order of the circuit court, two by order of the probate court, and eighty-four jury certificates or warrants issued by the clerk of the circuit court of the county. These warrants, aggregating in amount $3,958.48, were issued…
1Opinion of the CourtWhititeld, J.
We have examined the voluminous record patiently and carefully, and shall endeavor to lay down the principles which, on a new trial, should finally dispose of this litigation, which has dragged its slow length along from 1857, when the first suit touching these warrants was instituted, to the filing of this mandamus proceeding, in 1888, itself now here on its third appeal.
These different claims date back to 1848, and run through a series of years succeeding. The original suit was instituted on these warrants in 1857. A demurrer was interposed, on the ground that the warrants were already…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Board of Supervisors v. KleinMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Carroll v. Board of PoliceMississippi Supreme Court · 1854
- Howe v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Klein v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Arthur v. adamMississippi Supreme Court · 1873
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