State Ex Rel. Patterson v. Autry

The State of Mississippi filed suit in the Chancery Court against Douglas Autry and the five members of the County Board of Education of Benton County, Mississippi, for the recovery of about $78,000. After a lengthy hearing extending over about seven days, during which oral and documentary evidence was introduced, the chancery court entered a decree on October 1, 1957, rendering judgment in favor of the State against Douglas Autry for $13,879.00, and dismissed the bill of complaint against the other defendants. The State, being aggrieved by this decree, perfected an appeal to this Court, and…