Bobo v. Board of Levee Commissioners
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of, second district, Coahoma county. Hon. M. E. Denton, Chancellor. Bobo, appellant, was complainant in the court below, and the board of levee commissioners of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, appellee, was defendant there. From a decree dissolving an injunction complainant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the chancery court of, second district, Coahoma county. Hon. M. E. Denton, Chancellor. Bobo, appellant, was complainant in the court below, and the board of levee commissioners of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, appellee, was defendant there. From a decree dissolving an injunction complainant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The act was not published as required by sec. 234 of our state constitution, hence is unconstitutional. That it should have been so published is evident, since it affects the taxation and the revenue of the levee board.…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiteield, C. J.
The act of March 20, 1908, under review, is as follows:
“Depositories for Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board.
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi that the treasurer of the board of commissioners for the Yazoo Mississippi Delta shall deposit, or require to be deposited, the funds of said board now on hand or hereafter received, in such bank or banks as shall be selected, designated or commissioned by the said board of commissioners in the manner hereinafter provided. All such funds so deposited shall be subject to payment upon demand by the treasurer on his…
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