McVeigh v. City of Jackson

Plaintiff taxpayer of the city of Jackson filed this bill of complaint to enjoin the defendant city, its mayor and clerk from transferring or using public funds for the 1951-1952 fiscal year to pay for land for off-street municipal automobile parking lots. The circuit judge who heard the case held that the defendants had acted lawfully and within their authority, dissolved a temporary injunction and dismissed the bill. The plaintiff appeals. The only question for decision is whether the defendants had acted lawfully within such authority, under the city charter and its ordinances.

Jackson is a…