Henry v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Eobert B. Mayes, Chancellor. This suit was begun in the name of the state of Mississippi, the appellee, by James K. Vardaman, governor of the state, as complainant, against Henry, warden of the penitentiary, and others, including the members of the board of control of the penitentiary, and Horace J. McLaurin, the appellants, as defendants.
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From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Eobert B. Mayes, Chancellor. This suit was begun in the name of the state of Mississippi, the appellee, by James K. Vardaman, governor of the state, as complainant, against Henry, warden of the penitentiary, and others, including the members of the board of control of the penitentiary, and Horace J. McLaurin, the appellants, as defendants. From a decree overruling a motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction which had been issued in the cause the defendants appealed to the supreme court'. The facts are fully stated in the…
1Concurrence
Truly, J.,
delivered the following specially concurring opinion:
I am in hearty accord with many of the sentiments expressed in the vigorous, able, and eloquent opinion delivered by my associate, Judge Oalhoon — an opinion every syllable and word of which evidences the love for the rights of the people which fills the great heart of the writer. Many of the legal propositions advanced therein c'ommand my unqualified assent, and in the conclusion reached I concur specially. But as the ground of my concurrence and the considerations upon which my conclusion is based are, in the main, different…
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