Legal Opinion
Thornhill v. Ford
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1952No. 38190PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Holmes, 0.
This suit presents a controversy about the title to an undivided one-half interest in the oil, gas and other minerals in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 1 North, Range 17 West, Marion County, Mississippi, and involves among other questions a construction of Section 6605 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, which reads as follows:
“The hoard of supervisors of the respective counties in the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized to purchase any real property or other security pledged to any county to secure loans from the sixteenth section funds…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- American Oil Co. v. Marion CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
- Bridges v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
- Smith v. Chickasaw CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
- Stern v. ParkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Marx v. BroomMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Allred v. WebbMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Evans v. Boyle Flying Service, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Thompson v. JONES CTY. COMMUNITY HOSPITALMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- McCullen v. State Ex Rel. AlexanderMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
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