Word v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Certiorari by Frank Word and others against the Board of Supervisors of Sunflower county. From a judgment for plaintiff/ defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Certiorari by Frank Word and others against the Board of Supervisors of Sunflower county. From a judgment for plaintiff/ defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. , The court will bear in mind, that in 'declaring a stock law in the county or any part thereof, the hoard of supervisors exercise a special and limited jurisdiction, and unless their records affirmatively show all of the facts necessary to confer jurisdiction upon them, their order is null and void. See Garner v. Webster…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Sunflower county by petition for writ of certiorari, praying that the records of the board of supervisors be sent to the court to review the action of said board in declaring a full stock .law to be in force in supervisor’s district No. 1 of said county. The writ was issued, and the case was tried in the circuit court on the record of the board of supervisors. From this record it appears that a petition was duly signed by a majority of the resident freeholders or leaseholders for a period of three years of supervisor’s district No. 1 of…
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- Bowles v. Leflore CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
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- Bryant v. Board of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1923