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CITY OF PASCAGOULA v. SCHEFFLER

No. 55402.

487 So.2d 196 (1986)

CITY OF PASCAGOULA v. William D. SCHEFFLER, Glynn Cox, et al, Petitioners for Incorporation of the City of Gautier, Ms.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Corlew, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Melvin Mitchell, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Robert A. Pritchard, Pritchard & Chapman, Pascagoula, for appellees.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

A challenge to the sufficiency of a petition seeking municipal incorporation is the subject of this opinion. A petition filed by area residents for incorporation of the area known as Gautier, was filed in Jackson County Chancery Court. This area was also the subject of an appeal denying incorporation in 1970, Rouse v. City of Pascagoula, 230 So.2d 543 (Miss. 1970).

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