BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FORREST COUNTY v. SIGLER

No. 44962.

208 So.2d 890 (1968)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FORREST COUNTY, Mississippi (also constituting and being the Board of Trustees of the Forrest County, Mississippi, School District) v. W.U. SIGLER et al., Members of the Board of Supervisors of Forrest County, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley W. Conner, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

James H.C. Thomas, Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellees.


RODGERS, Justice:

This controversy arose between two agencies of the State of Mississippi. The Board of Education of Forrest County filed a petition, through its attorney, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Board of Supervisors of Forrest County to pay to the education fund of Forrest County one-half of the oil and gas severance taxes for use in the Minimum Education Program. The Board of Supervisors refused to pay...

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