SCOTT, MAYOR v. LOWE

No. 39503.

223 Miss. 312 (1955)

78 So.2d 452

SCOTT, MAYOR OF CITY OF LAUREL v. LOWE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welch & Gibbes, Deavours & Hilbun, Laurel, for appellants.

Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This case raises for the first time the question of whether a civil service employee of a city can obtain a judicial review by injunction in chancery of an action of municipal officers allegedly affecting his job, or whether the statutory method of appeal provided for in such cases is his exclusive remedy.

Earl Lowe, appellee, brought this suit in the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County against the Mayor and Commissioners...

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