BRANDON v. CITY OF HATTIESBURG

No. 56773.

493 So.2d 324 (1986)

Wilson G. BRANDON and Paul G. Smith, v. CITY OF HATTIESBURG, a Municipal Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Weldy, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr., Bacon, Jernigan & Martin, Jackson, Paul Richard Lambert, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This industrial park bond validation proceeding turns on whether the City of Hattiesburg may lawfully proceed under a local and private act which dispenses with the necessity for a bond issue election, except upon petition of ten percent of the City's registered voters.

Scrutinizing the local and private act under Article 4, Sections 87-90 of our Constitution, we find it within the authority of the legislature...

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