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STATE v. SIMS

No. 43568.

253 Miss. 458 (1965)

176 So.2d 261

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI EX REL. JOE T. PATTERSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL, FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOLS IN TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST, OF JASPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI v. SIMS, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

McFarland & McFarland, Bay Springs; Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, Jackson, for appellees.

PATTERSON, J.

This suit arises from an oil lease executed by the Board of Supervisors of Jasper County to one L.F. Wall to Section 16, Township 2 North, Range 11 East for the bonus sum of $5,139.52. This sixteenth section lies within beat 1 of Jasper county which was then served by S.C. Sims as a member of the board of supervisors. He and the surety on his bond are designated as defendants to the suit.

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