Bouslog v. City of Gulfport
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison connty. HoN. W. M. DekNY, Jr., Chancellor. . . Suit by M. P. Bonslog and others against the city of Gulfport. Prom a decree for defendant sustaining a demurrer and dismissing the hill complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
The appeal in this case presents for decision the constitutionality of chapter 128, Laws of 1916, being an act to authorize hoards of supervisors and the may- or and board of aldermen or other governing bodies of municipalities to erect sea walls, breakwaters, and bulkheads for protection of public roads or streets extending along the beach or shore of any body of water, and to levy special assessments and to issue bonds for the construction thereof. Appellants, as *186taxpayers in and citizens, of the city of Gfulfport, exhibited their bill of complaint against the mayor and board of…
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