Town of Carrollton v. Town of North Carrollton
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Carroll county. Hon. A. T. Woodward, Chancellor. Suit by town of North Carrollton and' others against the town of Carrollton. From a decree refusing to dissolve a temporary injunction and making the injunction perpetual, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Carroll county. Hon. A. T. Woodward, Chancellor. Suit by town of North Carrollton and' others against the town of Carrollton. From a decree refusing to dissolve a temporary injunction and making the injunction perpetual, defendant appeals. This case was tried in the chancery court in and for the First district of Carroll county, Miss., on bill of appellee for an injunction restraining appellant from issuing the bonds of the Carrollton separate school district, the answer of appellant to said bill, exceptions to said answer, motion of appellant to dissolve…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The statement of this case,.set out in the briefs of counsel for appellant, is agreed, by counsel for appellee, to be correct, and will therefore, be set out in full by the reporter.
Separate school districts, being solely creatures of the statute, can be brought into existence, and territory can be added to or taken from them, only in the manner *355provided, and by the persons or bodies in whom power so to do is vested by the statute. The only statute which confers power to eliminate territory from a separate school district is chapter 129, Laws 1912, by which a limited power so to do is…
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- Town of North Carrollton v. Town of CarrolltonMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
- Williams v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
- Bingham v. WoodellMississippi Supreme Court · 1915