Vernon v. Board of Police
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Tippah county. Reynolds, chancellor. • The board of supervisors and treasurer of Tippah county filed a bill in the chancery court of said county against Noah Vernon and others, in which it is charged that Vernon conveyed lands in trust lying in Tippah county, to secure the payment of a note given by him and W. T. Young and C. J. Haynes, his co-defendants, as securities thereon for money borrowed before that time by Vernon from the “Chickasaw…
Read the full summary
Appeal from the chancery court of Tippah county. Reynolds, chancellor. • The board of supervisors and treasurer of Tippah county filed a bill in the chancery court of said county against Noah Vernon and others, in which it is charged that Vernon conveyed lands in trust lying in Tippah county, to secure the payment of a note given by him and W. T. Young and C. J. Haynes, his co-defendants, as securities thereon for money borrowed before that time by Vernon from the “Chickasaw school fund,” payable to W. M. Moody, treasurer of said county, and his successors in office. That some time in June,…
1Opinion of the Court
SlMRALL, J. :
The fund in controversy is a part of the school funds of Tippah county, the administration of which was committed by the legislature to the board of police. It is parcel of the Chickasaw school fund, derived from lands donated by Congress for the support of schools, in the district of country ceded by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians to the United States. The law had dedicated the principal to be so invested as that the'income therefrom only should be used for the purposes of the charity.
The duty of the board of police is prescribed in the act of 1850, 12th March, which, among…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hagan v. BarksdaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
3Cited by4 opinions
- Burns v. EsslingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Littlewort v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
- Parham v. StithMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
- Toler v. LoveMississippi Supreme Court · 1934