Dye v. Mayor
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tie chancery court of Panola county. HoN. J. G. McGtOweN, Chancellor. Suit by W. T. Dye and others against J. L. Brewton and others, as Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Sardis, seeking an injunction against the issu-anee and sale of bonds of the Sardis separate school district. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tie chancery court of Panola county. HoN. J. G. McGtOweN, Chancellor. Suit by W. T. Dye and others against J. L. Brewton and others, as Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Sardis, seeking an injunction against the issu-anee and sale of bonds of the Sardis separate school district. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It must be admitted that any separate school district is a -public corporation which corporation is invested with certain powers and authority, and that said giiusí-corporation derives…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
Appellants, as complainants in the trial court, sought by their bill in equity to enjoin the mayor and board of aldermen of the town of Sardis from issuing and selling thirty-five thousand dollars of the bonds of the Sardis separate school district. The bill charges that the *370Sardis separate school district is illegally organized, and that the bonds of said district have not been legally authorized in that- certain irregularities existed in the holding of the election authorizing the bonds. The defendants answered' the bill, and upon issue joined proof was taken, the cause submitted for final…
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