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IN RE ENLARGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF CITY OF FOREST

No. 42682.

247 Miss. 340 (1963)

153 So.2d 688

IN THE MATTER OF THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF FOREST, MISSISSIPPI

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy N. Lee, O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellant.

Forrest B. Jackson, Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

The City of Forest adopted an ordinance extending the city limits so as to add to the city 1728 acres of land. Thereafter the city authorities filed an application in the Chancery Court of Scott County seeking a decree approving, ratifying and confirming the proposed enlargement of the city boundaries. Sec. 3374-11, et seq., Miss. Code 1942. Protests were filed and a full hearing on the merits was held by the chancellor. The chancellor found that except...

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