Board of Supr's. v. Dean
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of De • Soto county. HoN. E. D. DiptkiNS, Judge. Petition for mandamus by S. B. Dean and others against the hoard of supervisors of De Soto County. From a judgment granting the prayer of the petition, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. I desire to comment on only a few things contended for in the brief of counsel for appellee.
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Appeal from the circuit court of De • Soto county. HoN. E. D. DiptkiNS, Judge. Petition for mandamus by S. B. Dean and others against the hoard of supervisors of De Soto County. From a judgment granting the prayer of the petition, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. I desire to comment on only a few things contended for in the brief of counsel for appellee. I make the statement that there is no statute in Mississippi now in existence, or that ever has been passed, giving the board of supervisors the power to create, or to initiate the creation, of any…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.-,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the court below granting the prayer of a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the board of supervisors of De-Soto county to issue the bonds of a road district created and the issuance of the bonds thereof alleged to have been authorized under the provisions of chapter 173 of the Laws of 1916 and chapter 214 of the Laws of 1918. cThe petition alleges, in substance, that the board of supervisors, pursuant to a numerously signed petition praying therefor, entered an order creating a road district within…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Board of Supervisors v. Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
- Dean v. Board of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
- Williams v. Board of Sup'rs.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1925
- Board of Suprs. Calhoun Co. v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949