Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. INCORPORATION OF PETAL, FORREST CTY.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1974No. 47807PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
291 So.2d 190 (1974)
M.W. HAMILTON, Sr., et al., Contestants-Appellants,
v.
INCORPORATION OF PETAL, FORREST COUNTY, Mississippi, Petitioner-Appellee.
No. 47807.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 4, 1974.
Rehearing Denied March 18, 1974.
Dudley W. Conner, E.J. Currie, Jr., Hattiesburg, for contestants-appellant.
R.M. Sullivan, James K. Dukes, Hattiesburg, for petitioner-appellee.
PATTERSON, Justice:
The Chancery Court of Forrest County entered a decree on February 21, 1973, incorporating the City of Petal. M.W. Hamilton, Sr. and other citizens of the affected area seek to reverse this decision upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- PLANTERS BK. v. TM Garrott, Jr.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1960
- First National Bank of Vicksburg v. MartinMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
- Matter of Incorporation of Forest HillMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. MorrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- City of Pascagoula v. SchefflerMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Incorporation of Oak Grove v. City of HattiesburgMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Lowe v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
- City of Jackson v. for IncorporationMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
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