Mathews Brake Hunting & Fishing Club, Inc. v. Sneed

ANDERSON, Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Leflore County denying plaintiff’s [Mathews Brake] bill for specific performance of an agreement pursuant to corporate by-laws.

In 1949 Dr. Woodford W. Sneed and eleven others, mainly residents of the Greenwood area, formed Mathews Brake Hunting & Fishing Club, Inc. for the stated purpose of acquiring and holding lands and waters for hunting, fishing and trapping, establishing game and fish preserves and maintaining and operating a private hunting and fishing club for the use and recreation of the…