Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Land

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 1957No. 40386Published

1Opinion of the Court

231 Miss. 529 (1957)

95 So.2d 764

STATE, ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL

v.

LAND

No. 40386.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 10, 1957.

Wm. G. Burgin, Jr., Columbus; Ney M. Gore, Jr., Marks, for appellant.

J.D. Guyton, John D. Guyton, Kosciusko; Helen J. McDade, DeKalb, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

This case originated with a petition or information filed by Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, for a writ of quo warranto against appellee, J. Chandler Land, who is serving as the Superintendent of Public Education in Kemper County, on the ground that he unlawfully holds and exercises…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Waugh v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Miss.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Board of Trustees of University v. WaughMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Kennington-Saenger Theatres, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Dist. Atty.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Clark v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Abbott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1913

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