WHITWORTH COLLEGE v. CITY OF BROOKHAVEN

No. 2157.

161 F.Supp. 775 (1958)

WHITWORTH COLLEGE, Incorporated, v. CITY OF BROOKHAVEN, a Municipal Corporation.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

April 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester L. Sumners, Oxford, Miss., for plaintiff.

Cohn, Hobbs & Hobbs, Brookhaven, Miss., Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., for defendant.


MIZE, District Judge.

Plaintiff in this case is a Tennessee corporation and the defendant is a municipality formed under the general laws of Mississippi relative to municipal corporations and is governed by a Mayor and Board of Aldermen who are elected every four years. There are several questions presented for decision, the first one being one as to the jurisdiction of this court; the second, a major question, is whether or not an option granted in 1941 by the City...

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