Pat Harrison Waterway District v. Lamar County, Mississippi

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Lamar County wishes to withdraw from the Pat Harrison Waterway District (“the District”). The question presented is the amount of money Lamar County must pay to do so. The chancery court found that Lamar County owed $337,088, excluding the District’s perpetual park operating and maintenance'obligations as “contractual obligations ... that are outstanding” under the statute. We affirm.

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I. The Pat Harrison Waterway District

¶ 2. In 1962, in order to develop Mississippi’s water resources, the Mississippi Legislature…