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CITY OF JACKSON v. PETITIONERS FOR INCORPORATION

No. 48644.

318 So.2d 843 (1975)

CITY OF JACKSON and City of Pearl v. PETITIONERS FOR INCORPORATION OF the CITY OF RICHLAND.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bacon & Smith, Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr., Watkins & Eager, George R. Fair, John E. Stone, Jackson, O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellants.

McLaurin & Nicols, Brandon, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, SUBB and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice.

Incorporation of the City of Richland as a new municipality was decreed by the Rankin County Chancery Court on October 31, 1974. The cities of Pearl and Jackson (appellants) seek to reverse this decision.

The chief issues are:

1. Did the lower court err in decreeing the incorporation of Richland without requiring the inclusion therein of the entire area of Richland Sewer and Water District? 2. Was the evidence sufficient...

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