Dugger v. Panola County Board of Supervisors

I regret that I am unable to agree with the majority opinion in this case, and nothing but a conviction that the decision is entirely wrong would induce me to dissent in a case of this character.

I think it would be a wise thing for the legislature to restore section 2206', Code of 1906 (Hemingway’s Code, section 1891), but I think this section has been clearly repealed by subsequent acts of the legislature, beginning with chapter 102/Laws of 1916, down to and including chapter 206, Laws of 1924. The provisions of the several statutes will be referred to in this dissent.

It is manifest from a…