Choctaw County v. Hughes
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the chancery court of, second district, Choctaw conntv. HoN. Adam M. Eyed, Chancellor. The suit was a proceeding by motion made by Hughes, appel: lee, in the chancery court for an allowance of $811.80 on account of a purchase by appellee, as chancery clerk, of furniture, shelving for record deed books, etc., placed in the chancery clerk’s offices: Hughes, the appellee, chancery clerk of Choctaw county, .needed additional shelves for his records of deeds.
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Feom the chancery court of, second district, Choctaw conntv. HoN. Adam M. Eyed, Chancellor. The suit was a proceeding by motion made by Hughes, appel: lee, in the chancery court for an allowance of $811.80 on account of a purchase by appellee, as chancery clerk, of furniture, shelving for record deed books, etc., placed in the chancery clerk’s offices: Hughes, the appellee, chancery clerk of Choctaw county, .needed additional shelves for his records of deeds. At the October, 1901, meeting of the board of supervisors one Heflin was employed to put in the needed shelves for $7.50. Heflin o…
1Opinion of the Court
Whititeld, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The board of supervisors is the general representative of the county in all fiscal matters. This has been its character, and this is its function, time out of mind, under our system of government. Under Coda 1892, § 296, it is made its duty primarily to furnish the courthouse and every county office therein with everything needed for the courtroom or for said offices. Primarily, it is the duty of said board, therefore, to furnish the courtroom and the chancery clerk’s office with even, those things which the chancellor, under Code 1892, §…
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