LOVORN v. HATHORN

No. 49446.

365 So.2d 947 (1978)

Mrs. Bobby LOVORN, Sammy Carter, Joe Goodin, J.D. Eaves and Prentiss Carter v. Ralph HATHORN, Mayor of Louisville, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Corrected On Denial of Rehearing January 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel G. Weir, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Fair & Mayo, James Mayo, Louisville, William A. Allain, Jackson, Frank Deramus, Louisville, for appellees.

Sara E. Gallaspy, Jackson, amicus curiae brief for Mississippi Municipal Association.

En Banc.


LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Mrs. Bobby Lovorn, et al., filed their bill of complaint against Ralph Hathorn, Mayor of Louisville, et al., in the Chancery Court of Winston County, seeking a mandatory injunction to enforce the election of a five-member school board for the Louisville Municipal Separate School District. The chancellor entered a decree dismissing the bill and complainants below appeal and assign the following errors in the trial:

(1) The chancellor...

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